The Ministry Of Home Affairs Is Published, These Are The Rules For Christmas And New Year's At Shopping And Tourist Places

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JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian has issued Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 66 of 2021 concerning Prevention and Control of COVID-19 at Christmas in 2021 and New Year in 2022.

In the Inmendagri, Tito instructed governors, regents, and mayors to optimize the function of the COVID-19 Task Force in their respective regions from the provincial level to RT/RW.

Then, regional heads are asked to coordinate with regional leadership coordination forums (forkopimda) and other stakeholders such as religious leaders, community leaders, community organizations, hotel managers, tourist attractions managers, shopping center or mall managers, business actors, and other parties.

Then, regional heads also need to tighten the flow of inbound travelers from abroad, including Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in anticipation of this tradition.

homecoming for Christmas and New Year.

Also, multiply and maximize the use and enforcement of the PeduliLindung application in places of public activity such as public facilities, entertainment facilities (shopping centers and restaurants), tourist attractions, and worship facilities.

Here are the rules for tightening activities at New Year's celebrations at shopping places or malls:

a. The 2022 New Year celebrations are carried out individually/with family as much as possible, avoiding crowds and travel, as well as carrying out activities in their respective environments that do not have the potential to cause crowds;

b. Prohibiting the existence of new year's parades and processions as well as the prohibition of old and new year events, both open and closed which have the potential to cause crowds;

c. Using the PeduliLindung application when entering and exiting the mall/shopping center and only visitors with the green category are allowed to enter.

allowed to enter;

d. Held a Christmas and New Year celebration event at the center

shopping and malls, except for MSME exhibitions;

e. Extending the operating hours of shopping centers and malls from 10.00–21.00 local time to 09.00–22.00 local time to prevent crowds at certain hours and limiting the number of visitors not exceeding 75 percent of the total capacity of shopping centers and malls as well as implementing more health protocols strict;

f. Eating and drinking activities in shopping centers/malls can be carried out with a maximum capacity limit of 75 percent with the implementation of stricter health protocols.

Then, here are the rules for tightening activities at New Year's celebrations at shopping places or malls:

a. Increase awareness of tourist attractions, especially for areas as favorite tourism destinations, including Bali, Bandung, Bogor, Yogyakarta, Malang, Surabaya, Medan, and others;

b. Identify tourist attractions that are targeted for vacation in each district/city in order to have good health protocols;

c. Implement odd-even arrangements to organize visits to priority tourist attractions;

d. Continue to apply stricter health protocols with the 5M approach (wearing masks, washing hands with soap/hand sanitizer, maintaining distance, reducing mobility, and avoiding crowds);

e. Increase socialization, strengthen the use and enforcement of the PeduliLindung application at the time of entry and exit from tourist attractions and only visitors with the green category are allowed to enter;

f. Ensuring that there are no crowds that cause you to be unable to keep your distance;

g. Limiting the number of tourists to 75 percent of the total capacity;

h. Prohibiting celebratory parties with crowds in open/closed areas;

i. Reducing the use of loudspeakers that cause people to congregate massively;

j. Restricting community activities, including cultural arts that cause crowds that have the potential to spread COVID-19.