IPKN is expected to be one of the indicators for strengthening Indonesia's tourism sector
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno launched the National Tourism Development Index (IPKN), with the objective of raising awareness of various parties about the importance of developing tourism ecosystems.

"IPKN is expected to be one of the indicators for strengthening Indonesia's tourism sector," Minister Uno noted in his remarks at the 2022 National Coordination Meeting for Tourism and Creative Economy in Jakarta, through an official statement here on Saturday.

With IPKN, Uno is optimistic that Indonesia's tourism sector will be more superior and known in the international market, so that it has the potential to penetrate the world's top 30 targets in the Travel & Tourism Development Index (TTDI).

Furthermore, Uno advised all levels of the central and regional government to provide a strong commitment, innovate, and always collaborate in developing the potential of the tourism ecosystem in their respective regions, so that the IPKN assessment in the regions can get better.

On this occasion, he also announced the five categories of the IPKN assessment sub-index.

"The five sub-indexes are an enabling environment, travel and tourism policy enabling conditions, infrastructure, travel and tourism demand drivers, as well as travel and tourism sustainability," Uno remarked.

Deputy for Strategic Policy at the ministry Nia Niscaya noted that the IPKN is a strategic initiative to increase Indonesia's ranking on the TTDI according to the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020–2024.

The IPKN was developed by lowering the TTDI concept that was adapted to conditions in Indonesia.

The IPKN framework consists of five sub-indices, 16 pillars, and 61 indicators as benchmarks for inclusive and sustainable tourism development.

This framework forms the basis for evaluating the availability of regional data compiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS).

"This framework does not only focus on ways to increase tourism development based on the achievements of the data you have," she stated.

"However, this is to see whether the local government has a strategic plan that is able to encourage progress in tourism development, with the commitment of the local government," Niscaya remarked.

Through IPKN, local governments can also find what are the advantages and disadvantages of each based on data as the basis for formulating national and regional policies.

In future, compilation of the IPKN will be announced periodically every year.

"The index is based on the latest data from BPS, namely data for the past year," she stated.

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