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Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has pointed out that the plan for a visa-free visit policy for 20 countries is in the finalization stage.

Minister Sandiaga Uno at The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno in Jakarta, Monday (8/7/2024) explained that the Presidential Regulation plan related to visa-free is procedurally complete.

According to Sandiaga, the government has considered a number of things related to the visa-free visit policy, ranging from the economic impact, the principle of reciprocity to the security aspect.

"The 20 countries that we propose are those with travelers who have the greatest economic impact which certainly provides the principle of reciprocity and economic growth as well as security," said the Minister.

Furthermore, Minister Sandiaga Uno explained that from 20 countries proposed to get a visa-free policy, 10 of them come from the ASEAN region. According to him, this visa-free policy will be evaluated every 6 months.

Minister Sandiaga also targets this visa-free policy to be realized before the end of President Joko Widodo's administration