The UNWTO Secretary-General a.i., Taleb Rifai, confirmed that UNWTO is working closely with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to advance its tourism sector, which plays a vital role for Indonesia in terms of jobs, trade and development and has recently succeeded in achieving solid and impressive results due to its rich and diverse product.

Rifai expressed great confidencein the capacity and experience of the Government of Indonesia to overcome quickly the current difficulties, to consolidate the rich and vast tourism assets that it possesses and to continue building an even stronger Tourism sector in the future.