Mayor Aminullah Usman Optimistic That Banda Aceh's Tourism World Is Back To Stretching As The COVID-19 Positive Number Drops

Illustration - Tourists visiting the PLTD Apung tourist attraction, in Banda Aceh (Photo: Ampelsa/Antara)

JAKARTA - Mayor of Banda Aceh Aminullah Usman is optimistic that Banda Aceh's tourism sector will revive as the positive number of COVID-19 in the local city begins to decline with a yellow zone status. "Our tourist destinations are complete, and the graph of COVID-19 cases has decreased, so we Tourism optimism will revive," said Aminullah Usman, in Banda Aceh, as reported by Antara, Friday, October 22. Aminullah said the Banda Aceh City Government was committed to developing the tourism sector in accordance with its mission to increase economic growth, tourism, and community welfare. small, it is impossible for us to develop agriculture or animal husbandry. Therefore, we optimize tourism to improve the economy. Tourism also supports Banda Aceh as a service and trade center city in Aceh," he said.

Aminullah added that so far there have been many facilities and infrastructure as well as pro-tourism policies that have made tourist visits increase dramatically from 372,000 people in 2018, to 532,000 people in 2019. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has broken this impressive pace. As many as 172 thousand tourists, and as of September this year, the figure is only 145 thousand people, both local and foreign tourists," he said. Moreover, all regions in Aceh have been free from PPKM level four, even Banda Aceh is already at level two and the yellow zone. other areas, ranging from arts and culture, history, maritime, culinary, to global coffee," said Aminullah.