Ministry Of Tourism And Creative Economy E-Library, Easy Access To Digital Books On Tourism And Creative Economy

Illustration of the tourist situation. A resident is waiting for tourists who are interested in horse riding services in Gili Trawangan, Lombok, NTB. (Between-Aprillio A)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) is collaborating with the National Library (Perpusnas) to launch an e-Library. People who want to obtain data and access digital books about the tourism sector and the creative economy can now access it.

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno explained that currently people are in an era of digital transformation where all activities can be carried out easily and quickly through the use of digital technology.

"Digital library is present as one of the answers to the need for data and information originating from the library book," Sandiaga said in an official statement, Monday, January 9 evening, which was confiscated by Antara.

Sandiaga also said that all information can be easily accessed anywhere and anytime. In line with this, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy innovates by presenting a digital library that is expected to provide information needs for its users, both from within and outside the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.

"Hopefully the presence of the Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf Digital Library can foster reading interest and accelerate the spread of Indonesia's tourism and creative economy information so that it is increasingly widely known by the public," he said.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani added that his party would encourage the Tourism State Polytechnic under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to take advantage of this e-Library.

"This is the first step, we start at the center, later we will encourage various Poltekpar that we have to take advantage of. In addition, later in our destination we will also support and encourage there to be a library," he said.

Head of National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando added that his party is currently launching digital books for the community, as well as supporting the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to increase public interest in reading by making narratives about tourist destinations.

"We will launch this January, 1.1 million copies of digital books for the public. We will also support how the narrative about Indonesian tourist destinations is based on books and history," he said.