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<p><p class="Default"><b style="font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family); font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Jakarta, 25 September 2023 – </span></b><span style="font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family); font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align); font-size: 11.5pt;">The 1</span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family); font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align); font-size: 8pt;">st </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family); font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align); font-size: 11.5pt;">High-Level Meeting of <i>Archipelagic and Island States </i>(AIS) Forum 2023 will become a momentum for the Special Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta Provincial Government to promote the Seribu Islands as a pilot island-based tourism destination in the country.</span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono stated this in Jakarta on Monday, 25 September. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The 1</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">st </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">High-Level Meeting of the AIS Forum is a gathering of island and archipelagic nations that will be hosted by Indonesia on 11—12 October in Nusa Dua, Bali. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">A total of twenty-five heads of state or government from the island and archipelagic countries are expected to attend the meeting. One of the objectives is to discuss cooperation in enhancing the marine spatial planning conditions in their respective regions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">"Yes, all of us (Jakarta Provincial Government) support it, and some of the matter will be discussed in Bali," said Heru. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">He stated that the Jakarta Provincial Government has prioritized the growth of the tourism industry, particularly island-based tourism. This is done to increase locally generated income (PAD) from tourism-related activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Jakarta is collaborating with all relevant agencies to increase the number and types of public transportation modes. Additionally, the city is striving to improve the facilities and infrastructure at prominent tourism destinations such as Ancol, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), and the Seribu Islands. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Based on data from the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Office in 2022, the tourism sector contributed at least more than Rp500 billion to the total locally generated income (PAD) worth Rp5.29 trillion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">"Through these efforts, (PAD from the Jakarta Special Region tourism sector) will hopefully continue to grow," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Previously, Muhammad Taufik Zoelkifli, a member of Commission B of the Provincial Legislative Council for the Economy of DKI Jakarta, assessed that the High-Level Meeting of the AIS Forum <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">2023 would be a catalyst for the DKI <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="page-break-before:always"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Provincial Government to advance the tourism development of the Seribu Islands. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Taufik believes that tourism on the Seribu Islands could generate a high income for Jakarta if managed properly. In addition, he mentioned that Seribu Islands’s contribution of income from its tourism industry will be even more important if Jakarta loses its status as the capital city in the future. (Riezko Bima Elko Prasetya/TR/Siti Chodijah/Wisnu Wardoyo) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt">*** <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">About AIS Forum: </span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum is a global platform for cooperation among island and archipelagic states that aims at strengthening collaboration to address global issues with four main areas of focus: climate change mitigation and adaptation, the blue economy, marine plastic waste management, and good maritime governance. The High-Level Meeting of the AIS Forum is organized to reinforce the role of the AIS Forum as a center for intelligent solutions and a platform for collaboration in promoting the future agenda of global maritime governance. </span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For more information, please contact: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Director General of Public Information and Communications of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics – Usman Kansong (0816785320). </span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;">Get more information on press releases, news, photos, and videos related to the 2023 HLM of the AIS Forum at </span><a href="https://s.id/aispedia.">https://s.id/aispedia.</a><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;">&nbsp;</span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>Foto caption: Acting Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono (right) chats with one of the foreign guests at 2023 Jakarta Innovation Days (JID) organized by Jakarta Province’s Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappenda) at Jakarta City Hall on Monday, 25 September 2023. (ANTARA/M Riezko Bima Elko P).</i></span><br></p>

1st High-Level Meeting of AIS Forum 2023, Momentum to Make Seribu Islands a Tourism Model

Jakarta, 25 September 2023 – The 1st High-Level Meeting of Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum 2023 will become a momentum for the Special Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta Provincial Government to promote the Seribu Islands as a pilot island-based tourism destination in the country.The...

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