Sandi Offers Investment Opportunities To The Health Industry From China

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno offers investment opportunities to business actors/health industries from China, especially traditional medicine to invest in Indonesia. "I offer wider investment opportunities because Tian Jin Hospital, one of the participants in this forum, has an advantage in traditional treatment methods," said the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, quoted from Antara, Sunday, May 19. He said that in one day the hospital can serve treatment to more than a thousand patients. The advantage is that which is being offered and introduced to regional areas centered (hub) in Bali so that later it can attract tourists not only from Indonesia but ASEAN countries. In Indonesia, he continued, the potential of traditional medicine in 2020 was ranked 12th in the world with a value of US$ 5,011.9 billion. The government through the special economic health area under development, one of which is in the Sanur Kura will provide various facilities and conveniences as well as incentives.

"The Sanur Special Economic Zone itself targets to attract more than 3 to 5 billion US dollars in total. This is what we are offering," Sandiaga said., but also strengthen Indonesia's position, especially Bali as a world-class MICE destination. "This is part of the development of health-based tourism and I immediately invite them to carry out the next forum to remain in Bali as part of strengthening health-based tourism in Indonesia," he said.

Through this activity, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy hopes that tourist visits can be boosted more from China, especially quality tourists.