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Jakarta (voinews): Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has urged tourism and creative economy businesses not to increase the prices of products sharply during the 2023 Eid holiday season.

"Tourists will not come again if tourism and creative economy businesses impose a price increase during the holiday. We do not want this incident to keep happening," he emphasized during “The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno” in Jakarta on Monday.

Meanwhile, for determining the entrance fee for tourist attractions, the minister gave full authority to the related stakeholders. However, his ministry has expressed the hope that a discussion will be held among stakeholders to adjust to the current situation in Indonesia, which is still in the pandemic recovery period.

Furthermore, the minister said that he expects all tourism and creative economy businesses to focus on quality and sustainable tourism by providing a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable experience to tourists.

This year's Eid holiday is predicted to generate an economic turnover of Rp100 trillion to 150 trillion, with a 50 percent increase expected in people’s movement. At least 123.8 million people are expected to travel during the holiday.

"During the Eid holiday, we are targeting 25 percent of the target for the movement of domestic tourists this year or 300 million more to be achieved," Uno informed.

Therefore, he asked all tourist and creative economy industry players to take advantage of the opportunity by increasing sales and turnover by providing the best services to realize safe, comfortable, and enjoyable tourism that can prompt tourists to buy local creative products.

He also invited the related parties to continue to maintain the momentum after the community activity restrictions (PPKM) revocation by stepping up economic improvement.

As a form of readiness ahead of this year's Eid holiday, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has distributed a circular letter (SE) to regional tourism services, asking them to directly monitor the situation at tourist destinations during the holiday and review the readiness of infrastructure and human resources (HR) in their respective regions. (Antaranews)