Visiting Bali, Vice President Appreciates The High Spirit Of MSME Actors To Get Up

Vice President Maruf Amin during a visit to MSMEs in Bali/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin appreciates the high enthusiasm of Bali micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to rise in the midst of the sloping COVID-19 pandemic. Bali, Tuesday 10 May, as witnessed in a video recording in Jakarta. "I saw that even though I had experienced pressure for a while because of COVID-19, the spirit was not broken. booster vaccination in Bali, which has reached 68 percent, makes Bali safer to visit. The vice president is also optimistic that Bali's economy will recover. "So this shows that Bali has actually recovered, therefore foreign tourists as well as domestic tourists do not need to worry about coming to Bali," he said. The vice president said promotion of Bali tourist destinations needs to be intensified, both to all corners of the country and abroad.

In a location that was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and only reopened in February 2022, the Vice President went around and interacted with sellers of Balinese food, clothing and souvenirs to hear firsthand about the current economic condition of MSME entrepreneurs. received from the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Vice President's Secretariat, a number of MSME actors were happy to have a direct dialogue with the Vice President. "Thank you for coming to Bali, I happened to meet the Vice President here. On that occasion, the Vice President and his wife also had time to shop for food and souvenirs such as hats, bracelets, Balinese key chains for family gifts, before heading back to Jakarta.