"For Borobudur, the problem is that there is a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) document that has not been approved by UNESCO. So we ask the Ministry of Education and Culture to process the document until it gets approval from UNESCO," said Basuki.
Meanwhile, the Wakatobi ITMP will be presented at a ministerial meeting this April. The PUPR Ministry has disbursed Rp13.7 billion to support the development of Wakatobi’s tourism sector since 2020.
Finally, the Raja Ampat ITMP was completed in December 2022 and submitted to Bappenas in February 2023.
According to Basuki, his ministry has allocated funds of around Rp4.8 trillion from 2020-2023 to support the four priroity tourism areas. Regional government are expected to receive the infrastructure assets so they can be maintained immediately. (WHY)