"All the plans that we do in an integrated manner can be completed according to our target in 2024. We do not want any projects to stall. Now, it seems that the progress is quite good," he said at a press conference on the national coordination meeting for the development of the five super-priority tourism destinations, here on Friday.
The five DPSPs whose development is being accelerated are Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Borobudur in Central Java, Mandalika in West Nusa Tenggara, Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara, and Likupang in North Sulawesi.
Pandjaitan said that the development of the five DPSPs, which will be carried out until 2024, requires a budget of Rp18.9 trillion. The government has been monitoring each project so that there is no misuse of the budget, he added.
"Nothing is good without integration and no project can go without evaluation. That's why we decided that all this Rp18.9 trillion (must be used entirely) by 2024. Now, we are monitoring one by one. We are checking, rechecking, and checking again so that the right use of funds is carried out," he said.
The supervision of the budget utilization has involved Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), and a team from the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment.
"We arrange a one-on-one check with Mr. Uno, Mr. Odo (Odo R.M. Manuhutu, deputy for coordination of tourism and creative economy), and the team, and the PUPR Ministry rechecks the numbers one by one again. I guarantee that the budget misuse is small," Pandjaitan said.
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