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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, departed for Central Java to inspect the COVID-19 handling and countermeasure post in Semarang and the Batang integrated industrial area.

President Jokowi will also directly observe labor-intensive projects in Batang District and export-oriented furniture factories in Demak District, Central Java, on Tuesday.

According to information from the Press Bureau of Media and Information of the Presidential Secretariat in Jakarta on Tuesday, the head of state and his entourage departed from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, aboard the Indonesia-1 Presidential Aircraft at 8:10 WIB.

"Upon arrival at the Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang City, the president headed straight to the COVID-19 Central Java Province handling and management post at the Gradhika Bhakti Praja Building, Central Java Governor's Office Complex," according to the presidential secretariat.

At the Gradhika Bhakti Praja Building, the president will deliver several instructions through a videoconference for the integrated handling of COVID-19 in Central Java.

After a visit to the COVID-19 handling post, Jokowi will head to the Batang Integrated Industrial Zone. In addition to reviewing the place, Jokowi will also bear witness to a presentation on channeling of foreign investment into Indonesia.

The head of state will thereafter continue his working visit by observing labor-intensive projects in Batang District. During the inspection, the president will be accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono.

In the afternoon, Jokowi and his entourage were scheduled to observe an export-oriented furniture factory in Demak District. After this visit, the president will head to the Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang City, from where he will then take off to the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta.

Based on data from the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling, Central Java recorded a total of 3,680 COVID-19 positive cases as of June 29, 2020, of which 1,109 were declared cured, while 150 others succumbed to the disease.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Doni Monardo, and Head of Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono, among others, accompanied the president on flights to Central Java. (ANTARA)

Jakarta (VOI News) - The International Monetary Fund-IMF predicts that world’s economic growth will be negative by almost 5 percent. The IMF also predicts that the Indonesian economy in June is in a negative position. It was stated by Prof. Roy Sembel, Consultant and professional in financial economics, to Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta, Monday (29/6). According to Roy Sembel, to make companies able to continue their business, they need to prepare a strategy of realigning and adapting in a new era after the pandemic.

"In addition, it is necessary for companies and their industries to conduct rescue and restructuring in the short term, and in the medium to the long term, which can be realigned. So they need to modify the business to adjust to the times, although they should not change everything, there is something that remains, for example the basic principles of company management, there must be cash flow, there must be a profit margin, there must be a good biz turnover, healthy growth and they should pay attention to customer development. Those are 5 things that are mandatory. But other than that, the methods must be adjusted according to the times," said Roy Sembel.

Roy Sembel added that emergency measures to save the companies from financial pressures due to the crisis must be done quickly and accurately. Furthermore, emergency measures must be followed by a proactive financial restructuring strategy. To inform business actors and legal aspects related to emergency rescue and corporate restructuring, on Tuesday, June 30, there was a Webinar "Financial and Legal Aspects of Rescuing, Restructuring, and Realigning Companies Facing Pandemic Crisis" in Jakarta, with Prof. Roy Sembel and Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf. (VOI / TGH/FAISAL/AHM)

Efforts to restore the confidence of tourists is considered a key for the success of the country's tourism sector recovery, according to an official.

"Indonesia is experiencing a lack of trusted destinations from foreign and domestic tourists. Hence, we must work together to gain the tourists' confidence ," Deputy of Marketing Division of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Nia Niscaya said in a statement in Jakarta on Sunday.

In fact, all countries have lost tourists' confidence owing to the COVID-19, Nia Niscaya said while speaking in ASITA's online business discussion on "Synergy of ASITA and the Government to Respond to the New Normal policy in the Indonesian Tourism".

She is upbeat that the tourists' confidence is restoring as Indonesia has managed to record positive growth and come out of the red zone.

The discussion was participated in by Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore Ngurah Swajaya, Indonesian Ambassador to Laos Pratito Soeharyo, and Kosmas Harefa from the office of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, among others.

As parts of the efforts to regain the tourists' confidence, the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has formulated and socializing health protocols dubbed Cleanliness, Health and Safety (CHS) protocols.

"This is the main issue when it comes to tourists. Indonesia's success in handling COVID-19 can be a consideration in building the nation branding. Hence, a synergy between ASITA and representatives of market countries is needed to boost tourist confidence," she said.

Learning from several countries that have been able to recover from the COVID-19 outbreak, the ministry will first focus on domestic market .

The ministry will carry out a strategy by launching a campaign dubbed #DiIndonesiaAja (#JustStayInIndonesia) targeting the market segmentation of families, couples, individual tourists or fully independent travelers (FIT), and the government.

Likewise for the international tourist market, the ministry is preparing a strategy by launching a #DreamNowTravelTomorrow campaign for its CHS protocol branding.

"The point is we have to be able to be present in the market by displaying contents that inspire tourists," Nia Niscaya said.(ANTARA)

The Yogyakarta provincial government has permitted a number of tourism sites to open its doors for tourists, in what is now deemed a trial period, despite the region’s COVID-19 emergency period up to July 31.