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BALI,Indonesia,May 25,2020/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy(http://www.kemenparekraf.go.id/) is

going to implement CHS (Cleanliness, Health, and Safety) program in every

destination and other locations related to tourism and creative economy as a

strategy to accelerate the recovery of tourism and creative economy sector

after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and

Creative Economy Agency Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani during a meeting with Vice

Governor of Bali Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Thursday (14/5/2020) said

that the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is currently preparing

recovery measures including compiling SOP which refers to health, cleanliness,

and safety standards.

"Our Ministry collaborates with the Ministry of Health and related institutions

in conducting surveys, verifying the implementation of the CHS SOP properly and

correctly in accordance with the established standards," Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani

said.

"This program aims to increase trustworthy of the tourists towards destinations

and tourism industry in Indonesia after the COVID-19 outbreak so as to

encourage an increased-on tourists mobility and visit in Indonesia, which in

the initial stage will certainly be dominated by domestic tourists," she said.

In general, Giri explained, the concept of CHS refers to health protocols

issued by the Ministry of Health and the concept of sustainable tourism

development as well as the implementation of Sapta Pesona which is the soul of

Indonesian tourism. Separately, the concept of 'Clean' refers to a state that

free from dirt, including dust, rubbish, odors, free from viruses, pathogenic

bacteria, and dangerous chemical substances.

While 'Health' is a service that implements health rules or regulations on

humans and the environment through prevention, care, monitoring and control

activities. Also promoting the improvement of environmental parameters and

encouraging the use of environmentally friendly and healthy technologies and

behaviors.

Last, 'Safety' means a state free of risks, hazards, pollution, threats,

permanent and non-permanent or physical and non-physical disruptions, in a

certain place and time to manage, protect and increase the vigilance of the

community, visitors and environmental quality.

It also important is zero waste management in which destination management must

have a strategy and implement good waste management policies.

For the initial stage, this program will be implemented in Bali, because it is

one of the provinces in Indonesia with a controlled distribution of COVID-19

and is very good in handling it. Although Bali is a center of tourism with many

tourists visiting, it is not the epicenter area of the COVID-19 pandemic in

Indonesia.

"It needs to conduct a trial from the implementation of this CHS, which will

later become a guide for local governments and other tourism and creative

economy stakeholders. The next steps are verification, audit, and certification

of CHS by involving certification institutions. And Nusa Dua Bali is the first

area to be planned," she concluded.

SOURCE Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy

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