Kadin Is Optimistic That PPKM Will Not Cause As Much Pressure As The Initial PSBB

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JAKARTA - Business actors who are members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) claim that the tourism sector has suffered losses of up to IDR 10 trillion due to the implementation of the Large-Scale Social Restrictions or PSBB policy.

Deputy Head of International Relations, Shinta Kamdani, said that the pressure was felt by entrepreneurs especially during the second and third quarter of last year.

"This can clearly be seen from the figure for the formation of GDP (gross domestic product) contributed by tourism," he said in an official statement, Monday, January 11.

However, Shinta is optimistic that the PSBB policy, which has now been re-implemented through the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM), will not cause as much pressure as the initial period.

"Now people are familiar with health protocols, but success in the field depends on their respective disciplines," he said.

For that, he continued, Kadin hopes that coordination between local governments will continue to be maintained, especially in the Java-Bali region which is the location of the PPKM.

On the occasion, he also disclosed that the tourism sector absorbs around 30 million workers in this ecosystem.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a devastating blow to the leisure business sector because the number of visits by domestic tourists and foreign tourists (tourists) has dropped drastically.

Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) states that the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in November 2020 experienced a sharp decline of 86.31 percent compared to the number of visits in November 2019.

However, when compared to the previous month, October 2020, this condition increased quite significantly by 13.90 percent.

Cumulatively (January – November 2020), the number of foreign tourist visits to Indonesia reached 3.89 million visits or decreased by 73.60 percent when compared to the number of foreign tourist visits in the same period 2019 which totaled 14.73 million visits.

In terms of the room occupancy rate (TPK) of star-classified hotels in Indonesia, in November 2020 it reached an average of 40.14 percent or decreased by 18.44 points compared to the ROR for the same month in 2019 which was recorded at 58.58 percent.

Conversely, when compared to the previous month, the ROR for November 2020 had an increase of 2.66 points.

Meanwhile, the average length of stay of foreign and Indonesian guests in star-classified hotels during November 2020 was recorded at 1.59 days, or a decrease of 0.19 points when compared to November 2019.