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Sandiaga Uno expects economic ‘blessing’ from ASEAN Summit
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Komodo International Airport in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, is the main gate to one of Indonesia’s tourism hotspots. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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ourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno expects an international summit hosted by Indonesia later this month to invigorate economic activity in the country.
“Mudik [homecoming] and the 2023 Idul Fitri holiday have proven the tourism and creative economy sectors have again become the engine of our country’s economic revival,” the minister said on Tuesday, referring to the traditional mass travel season that marks the end of Ramadan.
“But [this] does not have to end here,” he continued. “We will see the economic revival momentum soon through the 42nd ASEAN Summit 2023.”
The government is finalizing facilities and infrastructure for the event, which will bring together representatives of ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste in Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara.
“The economic turnover in Labuan Bajo as a super-priority destination will be affected by this big event. Therefore, once again, we need to take collaboration to the next level to make the 2023 ASEAN Summit a blessing that we should be grateful for,” the minister explained in his ministry’s weekly press briefing.
He expressed his hope this would also benefit the local community “through tourism and the creative economy”.
The 2023 ASEAN Summit will be held from May 9 to 11. Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry announced in March the summit was expected to adopt a road map for Timor-Leste to become ASEAN’s eleventh member state.
