Menparekraf Sandiaga Yakin Lake Toba Can Create 4.4 Million Jobs

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Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno encourages creative economy actors in North Sumatra (North Sumatra), especially in Medan to make Lake Toba a world-class tourist destination.

Lake Toba is considered capable of being the locomotive for the creation of 1.1 million new jobs this year and 4.4 million new and quality jobs in 2024.

According to Sandiaga, Lake Toba as one of the five super priority destinations in Indonesia needs to be strengthened by the presence of various quality and world-class local MSMEs.

Until later, Lake Toba could become a tourist destination that opens up business opportunities and employment opportunities for the people of North Sumatra.

"We see Lake Toba as capable of being the locomotive for creating 1.1 million new jobs this year and 4.4 million new and quality jobs by 2024," Sandiaga said at the 'Toba Suddenly Creative Gathering' event at Seis Cafe & Public Space, Medan City.

In order to realize this dream, he continued, in addition to presenting quality MSMEs, his party also always develops tourism potential in Lake Toba through the implementation of national and international class events.

"So I hope that young people in Medan and its surroundings can also see Lake Toba as a potential creative collaboration to invest in creative and business," Sandiaga said in his statement, Friday, November 4.

Sandi hopes that the 'Tiba Toba Creative Gathering' activity can become a forum for learning and collaboration for new creative youth from the Lake Toba and Medan City areas to realize the potential that exists in Lake Toba.

So that in the future it can collaborate and contribute through creative works to support the development of Lake Toba as a super priority destination area.

"In addition, we hope that Medan City as a source of quality creative human resources closest to Lake Toba can be a source of transfer of skills and knowledge for the creative young people there," he concluded.