Indonesia to increase budget ceiling for tourism support
Indonesian Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana has said that her ministry will propose an increase in its budget ceiling to 2.254 trillion Rp (around 141.72 million USD) to support its priority programmes for next year.
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana has said that her ministry will propose an increase in its budget ceiling to 2.254 trillion Rp (around 141.72 million USD) to support its priority programmes for next year.
Speaking at a recent meeting with Commission VII of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta, Widiyanti said that the initial budget ceiling proposed for 2025 was 1.489 trillion Rp.
Wardhana called the increase reasonable because the budget ceiling for 2025 is significantly lower compared to 3.182 trillion Rp in 2024.
She also outlined the four "Quick Wins" programmes that the Ministry of Tourism is carrying out.
The first is the intensification of the Proud of Traveling in Indonesia (BBWI) programme, which includes campaigns, tourism package integration, transport cost efficiencies, and improvement of tourist destinations' competitiveness.
The second is Tourism 5.0: Marketing and Calendar of Events, which includes the digitalisation of the Calendar of Events and the development of AI Travel Planner Assistance features, as well as organising and supporting national and international events.
The third is making airfares affordable, and the fourth is improving the quality of human resources and business players.
In this regard, she affirmed that her ministry is continuing to collaborate with rel♍evant ministries and agencies. Quality improvement is also being encouraged through the tourism sec💟toral committee, revitalisation of vocational education and vocational training, as well as empowerment of communities in tourism villages, the official said./.
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