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BALI, Indonesia, March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, organizes a

ministerial coordination meeting regarding the expansion of the travel corridor

arrangement for the tourism and creative economy sector, which allows return

tourist visits of foreign tourists. The return of tourists is expected to be in

line with the economic recovery, especially for areas relying on the tourism

and creative economy such as Bali Province.

"This is a form of the MOTCE's commitment to follow up the guidance of the

President Joko Widodo, on how Bali can prepare the opening of its tourism for

foreign tourists on mid-June or July this year with various requirements,"

according to Sandiaga after the meeting, Wednesday (17/3/2021) at the Bali

Tourism Polytechnic, Nusa Dua.

Also attending the coordination meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno

Marsudi; Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Angela Tanoesoedibjo;

Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster; Bali Vice Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana

Sukawati; Director General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human

Rights, Jhoni Ginting; all officials of echelon I at the MOTCE, and

Representatives of a number of Ministries/Agencies such as the Ministry of

Health, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, the COVID-19 Task Force, and other

relevant parties.

Earlier, the Bali Provincial Government decided a pilot project in three areas

which is determined as green zones, namely Ubud in Gianyar Regency, Sanur in

Denpasar City and ITDC Nusa Dua in Badung Regency.

"We discussed it with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of

the relevant Ministries/Agencies, all of whom have given us input and we have

agreed that we will begin the process of finalizing our preparations in the

travel corridor arrangement concept. We will monitor and evaluate this every

two weeks and conduct a coordination to report it to the President and make a

decision," Sandiaga explained.

The evaluation starts from the vaccination rate which continues to be improved,

monitoring of compliance with health protocols, as well as the readiness of

ministries/agencies to support this plan. Such as, e-Visa preparation from

immigration, airport readiness prepared by the Ministry of SOEs, as well as

upgrading of PCR laboratories and so on.

"We will carry out the trial at the soonest. We have about three months of

preparation, there must be a simulation and maybe a trial or a pilot project.

There will be a charter flight and we will really monitor it," Sandiaga added.

Regarding the target countries in implementing the travel corridor arrangement,

the Minister said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take the lead in

the determination. Among others, countries with high vaccination rate,

countries with strict implementation of health protocols that are followed by

high testing, tracing, and treatment, as well as countries with a reciprocal

principle, and other factors.

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SOURCE:  Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy

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   Caption: Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno;

and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi.