Sandiaga Disagrees with Bali Being Called Overtourism, Full of People Because This is a Lifestyle – 10 hours ago

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf), Sandiaga Uno, opened his voice after Bali was included in the list of tourist destinations experiencing excess tourists or overtourism according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

Sandiaga said, overtourism has become an issue of concern and concern for the government. However, Sandi said that the number of visits by foreign tourists (tourists) and domestic tourists (wisnus) was still in line with government projections and expectations.

“Earlier, Mr. Handy (General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali) said that there was no significant increase,” said Sandi in Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno in Jakarta, Wednesday (3/1/2024).

Sandi said that the number of tourists visiting Bali in 2023 will still be lower than in 2019. However, the accumulation of tourists in southern Bali and the lack of tourist regulation are a number of main factors in the appearance of overtourism.

“What happens in Bali is not the number of tourists entering, but the arrangements,” said Sandi.

“Why is everything piling up in South Bali? The Acting Governor and Head of the Tourism Office have promoted tourism in North Bali, West Bali and East Bali. We are also encouraging more investment outside South Bali so that it is distributed,” he continued.

However, the government will do a number of things to anticipate this overtourism.

Meanwhile, a number of solutions that the government will implement include requiring foreign tourists to pay a tourist tax of IDR 150 thousand to designing the LRT as public transportation on the Island of the Gods.

“Problem overtourism “This is our note because the actual number of tourists, compared to the number in 2019, is still below around 30 percent,” said Sandi.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bali Province Tourism Service (Kadispar), Tjok Bagus Pemayun, said that by the end of 2023, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali would be 5,328,238 people. Meanwhile, the number of foreign tourists visiting was 9,877,911 people.

“The visit of foreign tourists and foreign tourists was beyond our expectations. It was extraordinary,” said Tjok Bagus on the same occasion.

“Yesterday's experience, yesterday's traffic jam, is certainly a lesson for us so that this year hopefully it won't happen again,” he added.

Tjok Bagus revealed that one of the main causes of traffic buildup was a higher increase in the number of vehicles. Moreover, parking capacity at the souvenir center is relatively limited.

“Indeed, there are several points that the Minister of Transportation (Minister of Transportation) conveyed. In souvenir centers, parking capacity is still limited, so when leaving the parking lot, the lanes from the road are taken [untuk parkir],” explained Tjok Bagus.

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