Umkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nokuvakasha kulindeleke ukuthi ukhiqize imisebenzi emisha eyizigidi ezingu-2.4 e-Indonesia. Lokhu kungokwedatha emisha evela kwiWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). I-Travel & Tourism inikele ngo-6.2% we-GDP yase-Indonesia, okuyisamba esingama-770 trillion rupiah. I-Jakarta ngokwayo inikela ngo-41% we-Travel & Tourism yase-Indonesia.
Ekhuluma eNgqungqutheleni ye-Panorama Mega e-Jakarta, u-Gloria Guevara, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye WTTC uthe, “Izokuvakasha nezokuvakasha zinegalelo elibalulekile emnothweni wase-Indonesia, okwenza ngaphezu kuka-6% we-GDP. Ukwengeza, njengoba imali yezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe inikela ngama-rupiah ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-220 emnothweni, i-Travel & Tourism ibe ngaphezu kuka-55% wokuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwemboni yesevisi yase-Indonesia. Ngihalalisela uhulumeni kaMongameli Widodo, ikakhulukazi uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha u-Arief Yahya, ngokubeka eqhulwini nokuzinikela kwabo embonini yethu. Ngenxa yokweseka kwabo umkhakha wezokuVakasha nezokuVakasha, kuzovuleka amathuba emisebenzi emisha engu-2.4m.”
UMongameli Widodo uzibekele umgomo wokufuna ukuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-20 ngonyaka wezi-2019, ecishe iphindwe kabili kunaleyo yowezi-2016. Ngo-20 i-Indonesia yanikeza ukufinyelela kwamahhala kwama-visa kubantu bamazwe ayi-2016, yavula izwe kwabavakashi abaningi bakwamanye amazwe.
UNksz Guevara uqhube wathi, “I-Indonesia iyisibonelo esihle sikahulumeni othatha indlela efanele yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwamasu ukuze asekele ukukhula okusimeme nezinqubomgomo ezisiza ukuhambahamba. Kunomsebenzi okusamele wenziwe, futhi ukubambisana phakathi kweziphathimandla zezinkampani zikahulumeni kanye namabhizinisi ezinkampani ezizimele kubalulekile kulokhu okuhloswe ngakho. WTTC uyakujabulela ukweseka imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Indonesia kulo mzamo.”
Ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela, uNksz Guevara ubambe umhlangano wangasese noNgqongqoshe u-Yahya, ukuze baxoxe ngamathuba nezinto eziza kuqala emkhakheni wezokuVakasha nezokuVakasha e-Indonesia. Uphinde wancoma uNgqongqoshe ngendlela uhulumeni asingathe ngayo ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo kwakamuva kusuka eMount Agung eBali.
I-Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation e-Bali ifakwe ohlwini lwabazokhethwa WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Innovation Award, ezokwethulwa ngomhlaka-18 ozayo WTTC I-Global Summit e-Buenos Aires, e-Argentina ngo-18-19 Ephreli 2018.
