JAKARTA (BPN) – The government encourages the professionals of the tourism sector to be optimistic in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to prepare year-end holiday packages after the emergency period of Corona is over.
The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Wishnutama Kusubandio said he will prepare an action plan to support the program of shifting the Idulfitri 1441 H collective leave days to the end of the year.
“The public must anticipate the shifting of this Idulfitri 2020 collective leave days by not traveling or postponing the exodus (mudik) during Eid and instead replace it in the year-end. In this emergency period, the government is focusing on the COVID-19 handling and preventing it from spreading,” said Wishnutama in Jakarta, on Monday, as quoted from the ministry’s press release.
The shifting of collective leave days to the year-end is based on the consideration that the COVID-19 has been handled properly. Besides, year-end is also a school holiday period so that families will have sufficient time to plan their holiday.
This is in accordance with the Ministry’s plan which will prioritize the movement of domestic tourists during the recovery period after the COVID-19 pandemic is declared finished by the government.
Wishnutama said the Ministry will collaborate with industry/association and community of tourism and creative economy, by preparing various programs that can benefit the public in their year-end holiday.
“I hope, along with the shifting of the holiday to the end of the year, the pandemic will be over too, so that it can help the affected tourism industry to revive,” Wishnutama said.
The shifting of collective leave days in 2020 has been stated in the Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Religion, the Minister of Manpower, and the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Number 391/2020, Number 02/2020 and Number 02/2020 concerning the Second Amendment to the Joint Ministerial Decree of Minister of Religion, Minister of Manpower and Minister of PANRB Number 728/2019, Number 213/2019, and Number 01/2019 concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave Days in 2020.
The stipulations in the Joint Decree include shifting the collective leave days of Idulfitri 1441 H, which was originally set for May 26-29 2020, shifted to December 28 – 31, 2020; Idulfitri holiday remains on May 24-25, 2020 and additional collective leave days on the national holiday of Maulid Nabi Muhammad (commemorating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad) on October 28, 2020.
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