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The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will help micro, small, medium-scale enterprises or MSME, to gain access to five assistance schemes, prepared by the government for economic protection and recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The ministry has collected data on people working in the tourism and creative economy sector, who have been affected by COVID-19.About 213 thousand workers in the tourism and creative economy sector, have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak in 34 provinces, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Wishnutama Kusubandio, said in a statemen as quoted by Antara. The assistance to be channeled to them will be coordinated with concerned institutions and ministries, he remarked.The ministry would also continue to develop an independent program to empower MSME entrepreneurs in the tourism and creative economy sector//Ant