Gathering With PP Muhammadiyah, Sandiaga Uno: Focus On Work, Knock On Heaven's Door

Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno visited the PP Muhammadiyah office (photo: special)

Yogyakarta - Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno visited the PP Muhammadiyah office in Yogyakarta, Friday, July 1.

On this occasion, Sandiaga Uno had a dialogue with the leadership and management of the Muhammadiyah tourism network management body

The chairman of PP Muhammadiyah, Haedar Nashir, said that his party welcomed Sandiaga Uno's presence that afternoon.

"This afternoon PP Muhammadiyah received a visit and a gathering from Mr. Sandiaga Uno Menparekraf. There are several important things, first we talk about the development of halal tourism," said Haedar Nashir.

He revealed that many economic activities in the tourism sector and the creative economy concern the people's livelihood.

"We at Muhammadiyah support the halal tourism program, it really wants to make the economic program grounded. Not only about Muslims, but into economic activities and tourism related to the needs of the general public (Islam Rahmatan Lil Alamin)," explained Haedar Nasir.

Muhammadiyah also has a creative economy program that can be developed, especially in various business lines.

"We have educational institutions, hospitals. We want to collaborate with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. We want to work together to make the creative economy superior and an option that can collaborate together with the economic development of MSMEs," he said.

Meanwhile, Sandiaga Uno said that his party will continue to establish friendships and cooperation with various stakeholders to encourage economic revival and job creation.

"How can we help people who need a helping hand. We keep the momentum of this economic revival maintained and this friendship is very strategic," said Sandiaga Uno.

He said there are 34 million Indonesians in the tourism and creative economy sectors. It targets the creation of 1.1 million new jobs by 2022.

This, said Sandiaga Uno, can be realized concretely in the form of investments and activities that can be felt directly by the community.

Sandiaga Uno admitted that he will continue to focus on completing various tasks at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in reviving the tourism sector and the creative economy.

"That was advice from Prof. We focus on work and there are many ways to knock on the sky, Prof conveyed, and his advice is if we focus on our work in our part of presenting Islam Rahmatan Lil Alamin, hoping for Allah's blessing we will be able to bring benefits and compete in goodness," said Sandiaga Uno.

Sandiaga Uno said he was optimistic that this goal could be achieved in line with the current economic revival and recovery.

"This is one of the processes and stages that we must realize, I understand and agree with the message and will carry out our focus at least in the next few months to restore our economy to ensure the welfare of the community is realized," concluded Sandiaga Uno.