Money Turnover Reaches Rp72 Trillion During Eid Homecoming, Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno: Businesses Must Take Opportunities

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. (Mary Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno estimates that the circulation of money in the tourism sector during the 2022 Eid holiday will reach IDR 72 trillion. Sandiaga said this amount would be distributed in a number of areas that are homecoming destinations.

Furthermore, Sandiaga said of the Rp72 trillion figure, 60 percent came from Java and 40 percent spread outside Java.

"Because this needs to be used as well as possible for domestic products, we can direct our creative economy players to take this opportunity," said Sandiaga, when met at the JCC area in Jakarta, Monday, April 25.

The former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta said that the Lebaran homecoming season could increase money circulation by as much as 10 percent and be able to contribute more than 25 percent to quarterly economic growth. This is because there will be 80 million people who carry out Lebaran homecoming this year.

For people who go home by land transportation, continued Sandiaga, the government will provide alternative tourism for people who experience traffic jams. This alternative tourism is in the form of tourist villages and creative economy centers that can be visited by residents.

Sandiaga also admitted that he had carried out massive socialization about this alternative tourism. One of them is coordinating with the Ministry of Transportation.

"Besides that, tourist destinations that can solve traffic jams by providing alternatives to them are jammed, maybe there are several tourist villages and creative economy centers that can be visited and we have socialized this massively," he explained.

Moreover, continued Sandiaga, the average expenditure of Nusantara tourists in Indonesia in 2020 reached IDR 1.5 million. Meanwhile, domestic tourism originating from Java Island and visiting destinations on Java Island ranges from an average expenditure of IDR 900,000 to IDR 1.5 million.