His Excellency Sandiago Saiahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries of the Republic of Indonesia, joined the World Tourism Network Group on Friday to share his views on tourism for Indonesia, perspectives and initiatives. Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the travel rebuilding discussion started by WTN on March 5, 2020

  1. With nearly 8 million followers on his Instagram, His Excellency Sandiago Saiahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries of the Republic of Indonesia, must be the government’s most social tourism leader.
  2. “I want to attend as many webinars as possible,” the Indonesian Minister of Tourism told members of the World Tourism Network.
  3. Indonesia views workers in the travel and tourism industries as an essentially priority for access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

His Excellency Sandiago Saiahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries of the Republic of Indonesia, joined the World tourism network Group driving through beautiful Manado from his car on Friday.

Manado is the capital of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar. As the largest city in northern Sulawesi, Manado is a major tourist destination for visitors. Ecotourism is becoming the biggest attraction in Manado. Diving and snorkeling on Bunaken Island are also popular with tourists. Another interesting place is Lake Tondano, Mount Lokon, Klabat Mountain, and Mount Mahawu.

Uno noticed flashing red lights and heard police sirens in the background for the minister’s escort. He spoke about his views on tourism for Indonesia, its prospects and initiatives. Friday was the one year anniversary of the Rebuild travel Discussion of WTN started on March 5, 2020

His message to the members of the World Tourism Network was: “I always try to attend as many webinars as possible. I enjoy 7.7 million followers on my Instagram, Youtube and other social media. I am counting on the members of the World Tourism Network to help each other through these troubled times. “

The minister went on to say that 34 million Indonesians depend on the travel, tourism and creative industries.

Currently, the second half of a badge of 34 million vaccines in Indonesia is ready to go into the arms of a priority group that includes citizens over 60, police, officials and also citizens of the tourism industry.

The country plans to vaccinate 181.5 million people, with the first to be vaccinated receiving the CoronaVac vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech, which Indonesia has approved for emergency use. This process is expected to take 12 months.
According to the minister, according to the latest studies, it will take 28 days for the vaccine to be protected against COVID-19

As in many other countries, Indonesia’s tourism industry is currently dependent on domestic tourism. Indonesia is discussing opening safe COVID-19 tourism corridors with regions in Asia.

The minister agreed with former Seychelles Minister of Tourism Alain St. Ange on the importance of communicating to the world what a tourist destination has to offer. St. Ange told the minister, “Swimming with non-sting jellyfish and seeing pink dolphins in Indonesia was a great experience.”

The anniversary meeting of the World Tourism Network was attended by tourism ministers from Asia and Africa, high-level representatives of the tourism committee in Africa, Malaysia, Seychelles, Jordan and the aviation and education interest group of the World Tourism Network. Currently, WTN has nearly 1500 members in the tourism industry in 127 countries.

Minister UN was looking forward to sharing experiences with WTN and its members in maneuvering through this difficult situation.

St. Ange said he welcomed the Minister for joining this discussion and his openness to interaction. The Indonesian minister said he was a trained entrepreneur.

More information about the World Tourism Network: www.wtn.travel

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