JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno stated that foreign tourist visits reached nearly 350 thousand people by July 2022. He assessed that this number indicates that the Indonesian tourism sector has risen.
Sandiaga said the figure rose sharply almost 64 times compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Compared to before the pandemic, the figure was 16-17 thousand, we have reached almost 60 percent," said Sandiaga, Monday, September 12.
Sandiaga said that Nusantara tourists are now the main choice. This year, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy targets the movement of 550 million Nusantara tourists to move.
"It looks like it will penetrate. As of today alone, it is above 600 million," said Sandi.
The former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta said, in July 2022, the average tourist visit to Bali had reached 28 thousand. This figure, he said, was close to the normal achievement before the Covid-19 pandemic. Whereas previously, in June 2022, visits to Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara have also recovered with the achievement of almost 54 thousand.
More than that, he said, this achievement has tripled compared to the 2021 visit.
"So we are very optimistic, we are ready to face the G20 according to the achievements of our tourism sector and creative economy, and our efforts to create 1.1 million jobs in 2022," said Sandiaga.
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