VOInews, Jakarta : Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno kicked off the Proud of Indonesia-made Products Movement (Gernas BBI) and Proud to Travel in Indonesia (BBWI) in 2024 in Jakarta on Monday (27/2). In the kick-off,Minister Sandiaga Uno has pointed out that the Gernas BBI program is launched to increase demand and purchases of domestic products, while Gernas BBWI is to increase domestic tourist travel.
According to Sandiaga, the programs aimed to encourage the achievement of 1.25 to 1.5 billion tourist movements with total money turnover reaching 3000 trillion rupiah and creative economy transactions amounting to 1,187 billion rupiah.
Furthermore, according to Minister Sandiaga Uno, to achieve this target, adaptation, collaboration and innovation steps are needed. Sandiaga hopes that this target can also be encouraged by each regional government in the province, regency and city levels, to continuously develop and improve the quality of tourist attractions, curate the implementing regional events, compile travel patterns, massively promote regional potential, and carry out integrated cooperation among regions.(VOI/Dora)