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Anies wants to split Jakarta Culture and Tourism Agency in two
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Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan (left) and his running mate Sandiaga Uno deliver their vision for the capital at a campaign event in Jakarta on Wednesday. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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akarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan is proposing to split the Jakarta Culture and Tourism Agency in two should he be elected later this month. He argued that the two were very different fields and that keeping them in one agency would make policymakers lose focus.
Anies noted that the decision to connect culture and tourism in the capital in one agency had been made a long time ago and was no longer applicable today.
“While tourism deals with commercial and economic activity in Jakarta, culture is merely about the culture and what the city wants to do to preserve its heritage and culture,” Anies said, as quoted by tribunnews.com
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He said the development of culture and heritage should be separated from tourism, because it did not have a commercial aspect but focused on preservation measures. He added that he would also ask artists and cultural observers to take part in developing heritage sites and culture in Jakarta.
The central government in the past has also included culture and tourism in one ministry, but later returned culture to the authority of the education ministry. (evi)
