Criminalize The Person Responsible For Tourism That Violates Prokes!

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) proposes the imposition of criminal sanctions for tourists who violate health protocols as a deterrent effect. Following the mass crowds at various tourist attractions on the Eid holiday yesterday.

Deputy Secretary General of DPP PSI Satia Chandra Wiguna, assessed that the local government and tourism managers should have predicted the possibility of mass crowds.

"It should be considered a criminal sanction for the person in charge of tourist attractions who violate health protocols because it threatens the safety of the public," Chandra said in a statement, Monday, May 17.

Seeing the media coverage that reported the occurrence of mass crowds in Pangandaran, Garut, Ciwidey, Anyer, Carita, Ragunan, and Ancol in this Eid holiday, according to Chandra, it is worth worrying about the emergence of a new cluster of COVID-19 spread from tourist attractions.

"There is already precedent in a number of places that should be used as lessons. If the new access is closed after the masses collapse it is relatively late," chandra said.

PSI, he said, understands that the economy in tourist attractions can not be stopped at all. Because tourist attractions can not be completely closed, it is necessary to have maximum coordination to prevent the accumulation of humans.

"Eid holidays are not something incidental, already scheduled. Planning and coordination to secure it can be done in advance by involving the relevant parties. That there is still a buildup, this becomes a signal that something is wrong," explained Chandra.

He hopes that as long as the pandemic has not subsided, this kind of thing does not reoccur in the future.

"There needs to be a serious and systematic evaluation. Don't let it happen again. Over time, we should be smarter and wiser in getting around the situation," concluded Chandra.

Known, Friday, May 14, last week, as of 16.00 WIB, Ancol Dreamland was visited by 43 thousand visitors, which notabedne has exceeded the quota limit of 30%.

A number of tourist attractions in West Java are also crowded with local tourists. On last Saturday finally access to tourist attractions in Pangandaran and Ciwidey was closed.

Meanwhile, in Banten, Anyer and Carita beaches are the location of human buildup. After this incident, finally the two beaches started last Saturday night until Sunday May 30, 2021.