Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, organizes a 
ministerial coordination meeting regarding the expansion of the travel corridor 
arrangement for the tourism and creative economy sector, which allows return 
tourist visits of foreign tourists. The return of tourists is expected to be in 
line with the economic recovery, especially for areas relying on the tourism 
and creative economy such as Bali Province.

"This is a form of the MOTCE's commitment to follow up the guidance of the 
President Joko Widodo, on how Bali can prepare the opening of its tourism for 
foreign tourists on mid-June or July this year with various requirements," 
according to Sandiaga after the meeting, Wednesday (17/3/2021) at the Bali 
Tourism Polytechnic, Nusa Dua.

Also attending the coordination meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno 
Marsudi; Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Angela Tanoesoedibjo; 
Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster; Bali Vice Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana 
Sukawati; Director General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human 
Rights, Jhoni Ginting; all officials of echelon I at the MOTCE, and 
Representatives of a number of Ministries/Agencies such as the Ministry of 
Health, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, the COVID-19 Task Force, and other 
relevant parties.

Earlier, the Bali Provincial Government decided a pilot project in three areas 
which is determined as green zones, namely Ubud in Gianyar Regency, Sanur in 
Denpasar City and ITDC Nusa Dua in Badung Regency.

"We discussed it with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of 
the relevant Ministries/Agencies, all of whom have given us input and we have 
agreed that we will begin the process of finalizing our preparations in the 
travel corridor arrangement concept. We will monitor and evaluate this every 
two weeks and conduct a coordination to report it to the President and make a 
decision," Sandiaga explained.

The evaluation starts from the vaccination rate which continues to be improved, 
monitoring of compliance with health protocols, as well as the readiness of 
ministries/agencies to support this plan. Such as, e-Visa preparation from 
immigration, airport readiness prepared by the Ministry of SOEs, as well as 
upgrading of PCR laboratories and so on.

"We will carry out the trial at the soonest. We have about three months of 
preparation, there must be a simulation and maybe a trial or a pilot project. 
There will be a charter flight and we will really monitor it," Sandiaga added.

Regarding the target countries in implementing the travel corridor arrangement, 
the Minister said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take the lead in 
the determination. Among others, countries with high vaccination rate, 
countries with strict implementation of health protocols that are followed by 
high testing, tracing, and treatment, as well as countries with a reciprocal 
principle, and other factors.

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SOURCE:  Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy

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