Regarding Yogyakarta Becoming The Poorest Province On The Island Of Java 2022, Menparekraf Sandiaga: Tourism Becomes The Solution

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said that Yogyakarta will become the poorest province on the island of Java, in 2022. Responding to this, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) assessed that increasing tourism could be the best solution.

The findings of BPS are quite ironic because Yoyakarta is one of the best tourist destination owners on the island of Java. In fact, data shows that one of the world's best tourist villages is in Nglanggeran Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta.

Not only that, there is also an important tourist village in Sleman and the Tinalah Tourism Village in Kulonprogo which is no less attractive, thus attracting foreign tourists.

According to Sandiaga, by increasing Indonesian tourism, more jobs will also be open.

"Through the various data we have processed, this tourism is able to create six times the number of jobs", Sandiaga said at the Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno in Jakarta, Tuesday, January 24.

Furthermore, Sandiaga said, if the number of jobs absorbed increases, it will also have an impact on the welfare of the community which is considered to reduce the poverty rate in Yogyakarta as stated by BPS 2022 data.

"So that the welfare of the community will increase and additional jobs will certainly improve the standard of living of the community, so that the reported poverty rate will decrease," he said.

In addition, the ASEAN Tourism Forum event which will be held at Prambanan Temple and several other locations in Yogyakarta, from February 2 to 5, can be used as a 'bit' for tourism growth in the city.

"The preparation has reached 96 to 97 percent in Yogyakarta and is expected to increase investment in the area dubbed Gudeg City," Sandiaga concluded.

For your information, citing the BPS website, it can be seen that the poverty rate for Yogyakarta is indeed the highest of all provinces in Java, namely 11.34 percent, in the first semester or March 2022, the second poorest is Central Java with 10.93 percent, and the third poorest in East Java, which is 10.38 percent.

Then, in the second semester or September 2022, the poverty rate for Yogyakarta is also still the highest in Java, reaching 11.49 percent, Central Java 10.98 percent, and East Java 10.49 percent.