From New York, Sandiaga To Singapore Meets Minister Vivian To Discuss Tourism And Employment Cooperation

Sandiaga Uno (Photo via personal Twitter)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno met Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan. They discussed efforts to increase cooperation in the tourism sector to create job opportunities.

Sandiaga Uno's presence in Singapore was one of his series of visits after he was invited to give a speech at the 'High-level Thematic Debate on Tourism' event held by the United Nations General Assembly Hall, New York, United States.

"He is a good friend. We believe in post-pandemic recovery efforts. We hope to increase the number of tourists between Indonesia and Singapore," said Sandiaga Uno in a written statement, Monday 9 May.

Sandiaga said that the good relationship between the two parties had been seen so far, for example in Batam and Bintan.

"Similar to Batam - Bintan, which has a fairly high number of visits by Singaporeans," said Sandiaga Uno.

From New York, I immediately rushed to Singapore to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan (@VivianBala) discusses the collaborative efforts of the two countries to EARN THE ECONOMY and CREATE JOBS. pic.twitter.com/bMpsNoy3Ps

— Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno (@sandiuno) May 8, 2022

Sandiaga really hopes that this can increase the number of job opportunities in Batam and Bintan and the surrounding area.

"I am very grateful for the support assistance related to ferry capacity and flight capacity from Singapore to a number of destinations in Indonesia," said Sandiaga Uno.

Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan revealed that he had communicated effectively with the Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy.

He feels very confident that post-pandemic (endemic), the relationship between the two parties, especially in the tourism sector, can be significantly and beneficially improved between the two countries.

"We have had very good communication. We hope that Indonesia and Singapore can open up to each other after the COVID-19 pandemic and I see that the opportunity is very wide open, we can definitely do it together," said Vivian Balakrishnan.