Seeing The Positive Impact Of Internet Presence In The 3T Region To Share Sectors

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JAKARTA - The results of a recent survey from the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII) and BAKTI Kominfo show that the presence of the internet in the 3T area is quite influential in various sectors. Both in the tourism sector, education, government, MSMEs, as well as health, internet access has had a lot of positive impacts on the surrounding community.

Tourism Sector

In fact, almost half (48.3 percent) of respondents in the 3T region admitted that the internet has helped increase the promotion and accessibility of tourism destinations.

But unfortunately, the report entitled 'Village Apparatus Perception Survey in Disadvantaged Regions in 2024' which was carried out in the July-September 2024 period did not see a significant impact on internet presence in the tourism sector. The reason is, 54.2 percent of respondents admitted that there was no significant increase, despite internet access.

Education Sector

In line with the tourism sector, as many as 31 percent of respondents in the 3T area also admitted that the presence of the internet had helped them access additional learning sources such as learning videos, ebooks, and interactive learning materials.

The view of teachers on the benefits of the internet is that it is easier to access information and learning sources (48.5 percent), finds it helpful even though there are few technical problems (25.3 percent), and teaching becomes more innovative (19.2 percent).

Government Sector

The presence of the internet in the government sector also has a certain impact, where 29.6 percent of governments in the 3T region admit that the use of social media is very much for the spread of information, and listen to input from residents.

In addition, 23.6 percent of respondents also stated that the presence of the internet and online platforms really helped them in providing administrative services such as making ID cards, birth certificates, certificates, and so on.

MSME Sector

More than half (61.7 percent) MSMEs in the 3T region claimed to have used internet access for online promotion (46.4 percent), looking for market trends (21 percent), selling products to e-commerce (12.3 percent), and collaborating with other online businessmen (9.4 percent).

Health Sector

In line with that, 29.5 percent of health workers also admitted that the internet can facilitate communication between officers and with referral hospitals faster via email or instant messaging applications.

Another benefit is to disseminate health information on social media (24.7 percent), access the latest medical information (16.3 percent), provide online registration services (10.8 percent), analyze health data online (10.2 percent), and also hold health education sessions (8.4 percent).

Thus, the presence of the internet in the 3T area, especially in the health sector, makes 40 percent of the public understand more about health and more often seek online health information.