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The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry urged regional governments that will organize an event to promote it to neighboring regions.

"Thus, the promotion is not only directed toward the national level but also to neighboring regions, so that the mobility of visitors from local regions can increase," the Ministry's Tourism Product and Activity Organizer Deputy, Rizki Handayani, explained.

The ministry also encouraged event organizers to strengthen coordination with related stakeholders in organizing the event, she noted through an official statement on Monday.

Coordination with stakeholders that encompassed local governments and security forces is deemed to be one of the pillars that determine the success of an event.

"This coordination plays a very important role, so that the event can be held safely and successfully," she noted during the 2022 Tourism and Creative Economy Coordination Meeting held here.

To facilitate permit management for the organizing of events, the event promoter and organizer should consider recommendation from related stakeholders.

"With a recommendation letter, event licensing will also be easier to issue," she elaborated.

Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ferry Suwandi stated that the event organizer can coordinate with the Intelligence and Security Unit in the police headquarter that exists at the event's region to obtain a recommendation letter from the police.

"Later, we will see whether the event should be coordinated with the local Regional Police's Intelligence and Security Directorate or not," he remarked.

"If (the event permit) should be coordinated with the Regional Police, one of the required documents is the recommendation letter issued by the local police headquarter," he noted.

Handayani made the remarks during the "Special Interest and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) Marketing and Tourism" session of the national coordination meeting.

The coordination meeting was held on December 15-16, 2022, in a hybrid format. It was themed “Inclusive and Sustainable Transformation of Tourism and Creative Economy." (antaranews)