The Trend Of COVID-19 Rises, Dispar DIY Urges Tourists To Beware Of The Omicron Subvariant

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YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Special Region Tourism Office appealed to tourists in this province to be aware of the potential for transmission of the Omicron BA subvariant. 4 and BA. 5 which have been confirmed to have entered Indonesia. "We must continue to urge vigilance because there are BA. 4 and BA. 5," said Head of Dispar DIY Singgih Raharjo in Yogyakarta, Friday, June 24. Singgih said prevention must be carried out together, both by tourists as well as tourist destination managers so that the transmission of the Omicron subvariance does not penetrate the DIY area. Although the visitor capacity is 100 percent allowed, he hopes that tourists will continue to comply with the use of masks and other health protocols. Meanwhile, for tourist destination managers, he asks for facilities and infrastructure to support the implementation Health procedures are still provided, toilets must be clean, food or culinary sold is also ensured hygienic. In addition to activating the PeduliLindung application, Singgih asked visitors to install the Visiting Jogja application for ticket purchases at a number of tourist attractions so that there are no queues at the counter. tourism, and the general public We can maintain the momentum of tourism activities which are now starting to squirm. "Now that school holidays have started, school groups have started to enliven tourist destinations whose basis is indeed for the masses," said Singgih.

The Coordinator for Law Enforcement of the DIY COVID-19 Task Force, Noviar Rahmad, hopes that the community and tourists in DIY will continue to comply with the health procedures because until now there are still additional daily cases of COVID-19. and when there are no crowds. Noviar also asked hoteliers in DIY to remain disciplined in applying the PeduliLindung application scanning for every guest who stays. masks," he said.