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Through online media, the Managing Director of the Implementing Agency for the Labuan Bajo Flores Authority (BPOLBF), Shana Fatina attended the "Follow-Up Meeting on Cross-Ministerial Collaborative Activities in the Framework of Realizing a Disaster-Resilient Tourism Destination" (19/07/2022).

This meeting is a follow-up to a meeting some time ago, when the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs through the Deputy for Coordination of Regional Development and Spatial Planning held a discussion with the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, Bappeda, Dispar Mabar, BPOLBF, Pelindo, PLN, Telkom, PDAM, regarding the implementation Business Continuity Management System (SMKU) in the Super Priority Tourism Area (DPSP) Labuan Bajo, Flores in order to create a disaster-resilient tourism destination and accelerate post-disaster economic recovery.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Wednesday (20/07/22), SMKU itself is a standard that can be used by business actors in regulating their business activities which not only focuses on protecting, anticipating, and dealing with uncertainties that occur, but also assisting business actors in recovering after a disaster. SMKU is considered to be one of the right choices in minimizing disaster risk and is also considered capable of complementing the management systems used by business actors today, such as risk management, emergency response management, and crisis management.

Director of Disaster Risk Mapping and Evaluation, BNPB, Dr. Ir. Udrekh, also said that multi-stakeholder collaboration is the key in realizing disaster-safe tourism.

"Multi-stakeholder collaboration is needed in realizing disaster-safe tourism or disaster-resilient tourist destinations and involves all relevant ministries and institutions and the results of this coordination meeting are a shared commitment and hopes are poured into Programs and Activities in the Labuan Bajo ITMP document as well as each Work Plan. Related Ministries and Institutions"_ he explained.

BPOLBF as a work unit under the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, welcomes the SMKU in Labuan Bajo. Currently, BPOLBF has also implemented a disaster/disruption risk reduction system, namely _Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) Rating_ which is one of the _tools_ for sustainable investment (sustainable investment)_ and includes Risk Management which is part of SMKU. In addition, BPOLBF has also identified disaster risk and regional resources, implemented management, and carried out emergency handling simulations that could occur in the region so that it could be an initiation to support the implementation of SMKU.

BPOLBF programs, such as the Tourism Village Webinar some time ago also raised the theme of Anticipating Disaster Risk in Tourism Villages. This is done so that tourist destinations in Labuan Bajo in particular and Floratama in general can become resilient and disaster-responsive destinations, not only natural disasters but also non-natural disasters such as pandemics.

In addition, currently BPOLBF in collaboration with the Tourism Office of West Manggarai Regency has also prepared Tourism Safety and Security, where one concrete step that can be taken is the creation of a Command Center. In her presentation, Shana Fatina said that it was necessary to ensure the safety and security of visitors.

“Command Center is a control system that is integrated with each other by presenting digital data and information to support decision making in handling CHSE. A Command Center needs to be created so that Labuan Bajo as a super priority destination can ensure the safety and security of its visitors. In the BPOLBF office itself, a special room has been provided which is planned to be a command center,” said Shana.

Assistant Deputy for Disaster Resilience and Utilization of Technology, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Muksin, S.Hut., M.A., M.T. conveyed that the first step in implementing SMKU at KSPN Labuan Bajo was to conduct a gap analysis and identify the main business activities at KSPN Labuan Bajo in order to determine the position of the business and the next steps that need to be taken in implementing SMKU in accordance with SNI ISO 2230 Business Continuity Management//VOI