JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri Wardhana received an audience from the central leadership of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) to absorb aspirations, formulate strategies, and discuss appropriate collaborations related to various matters and challenges in the tourism sector, especially hotels."We understand that adapting to this situation has its own challenges. But we see that there are things that we can explore together to develop tourism in the future," said the Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri when receiving an audience from the PHRI management at the Sapta Pesona Building, Wednesday (23/2/2025).The government's budget efficiency is recognized to have an impact on the circulation of tourism industry activities, including accommodation. Nationally, the occupancy rate of star hotels in Indonesia in January-February 2025 decreased by 0.26 percentage points, especially in February by 2.24 percentage points. SEE ALSO: One of the things that can be done to deal with this situation is to maximize the potential of the domestic tourist market (wisnus) which has so far been proven to be the main source of toughness in the tourism sector. Based on data, until the end of 2024, the growth of domestic tourists was recorded at 21.7 percent.Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri encourages the industry to be able to create new markets with a strategy and innovation approach, which of course can be based on quality and sustainable tourism principles."For example, the creation of meeting packages suitable for communities, packages for education, and others. With strong collaboration, it is believed that we can still find niche sources of growth to keep this momentum growth of foreign tourists continuing," said the Minister of Tourism Widiyanti.Likewise, the potential of foreign tourists who also still have large niches to be maximized in order to mitigate the impact.Likewise, the potential of foreign tourists who also still have large niches to be maximized in order to mitigate the impact."Especially with geopolitical dynamics, which can change the flow of tourist visits. The government hopes and believes that the hotel industry can still be resilient to face the dynamics in the future," said Minister of Tourism Widiyanti.The Ministry of Tourism, said Widiyanti, is committed to fully supporting, including being a "bridge" for industries to communicate with other ministries/agencies to review and present the necessary interventions.Seperti sejumlah aspirasi yang disampaikan Ketua BPP PHRI Hariyadi Sukamdani dalam audiensi. Di antaranya meminta pemerintah agar dapat segera meeksekutkan anggaran belanja khususnya untuk jasa akomodasi, serta penertiban regulasi jasa akomodasi berbasis berbasi konsep sharing economy, penertiban usaha jasa akomodasi ilegal/ tidak sesuai regulasi, dan lainnya."From the government, we are ready to provide technical guidance and facilitate business matching, as well as communicate with other parties to bridge the need for intervention. We can formulate together, promote MICE and promote foreign tourists through an integrated campaign," said Minister of Tourism Widiyanti.Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri invites that the collaboration that has been established between industry and the government can be further strengthened and run better in the future."I hope today's meeting can be a constructive dialogue space, to formulate appropriate and directed interventions, for the sustainability of the tourism sector," said Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri. The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)