Sandiaga Values Jazz Music Festival Encourages Target Achievement Of 8.5 Million Foreign Tourists

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno targets jazz music festivals in Indonesia to attract tourists and encourage the achievement of the target of 8.5 million foreign tourists and 1.4 billion domestic tourist movements.

"The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy hopes that events like this can spread hopes and enthusiasm that can be used as a momentum for the revival of tourism and the creative economy in Indonesia. Encourage economic revival and create jobs," Sandiaga said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday.

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga said, appreciates and supports the holding of music concerts, both featuring local and international musicians. jazz music events are considered to be able to attract audiences across generations and become an attraction for tourists to visit.

Meanwhile, in the same written statement, the Director of National and International Events at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Dessy Ruhati, said the Ministry provided support for events in the form of collaboration and facilitation in the implementation of the process of ease of permits and support for publication and promotion amplification.

"We hope that with the absence of PPKM (Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions), viewers can buy tickets and (the number of spectators) will increase compared to the previous year," said Dessy.

Dessy also reminded music concert organizers to pay attention to various aspects, especially those related to security, risk management, and crowd management.

"The comfort and safety of the audience is a major concern," said Dessy.

President Director of the Java Festival Production, Dewi Gontha, revealed that preparations for the 2023 Jakarta International Java Festival, which will take place in early June, have reached 80 percent. The foreign musicians who will appear at the event are scheduled to start arriving next week.

Program Division Java Festival Production Nikita Dompas said there would be many attractive treats including several special treats in the form of collaborations between international musicians and local musicians.

"The collaboration is the DNA of the Java Jazz Festival, so we always present collaborations of international and local musicians," said Nikita.