TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – University of Indonesia (UI) economist Faisal Basri said the Covid-19 pandemic was a golden opportunity to innovate in a different way. According to him, innovation can produce something better.
“If we do things the same as in the past, this will be Indonesia's fate. "We want infrastructure to be built, we want investment to be boosted, the reality is that economic growth continues to decline over time," said Faisal in the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Economic Development Strategy webinar, Thursday (18/11/2021).
"We are using a new way, a new mindset to get out of the slowing growth situation until 2020," he added.
In the same vein, Gadjah Mada University economist Poppy Ismalina said, there are two things that determine whether a region can get through the pandemic or be optimistic about facing the Covid-19 recovery.
"The main factors are innovation, initiative and cultural adaptation of the provincial government, district and city governments in optimizing and innovating the use of funds allocated by the central government for assistance to regions during the pandemic," he explained.
He added that the second factor is the trust and facilitation of the provincial government, district government and central government towards the initiatives and social solidarity built by community groups.
Meanwhile, the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, Zulkieflimansyah, explained that the strategy implemented in NTB during the Covid-19 pandemic was the same as what President Joko Widodo wanted.
“Focus on two things. First, try as hard as possible to reduce this pandemic by reducing the negative impact on the health sector. "The way to do this is by increasing awareness of health protocols so that health problems can be reduced," he said.
The second strategy, the NTB Provincial Government concentrates on tourism development. The presence of the Mandalika Circuit will have a tremendous impact.
The NTB Provincial Government is aware that direct flights to Lombok will increase the number of visitors.
"The Lombok-Australia flight recorded a number of visitors of more than 1000 percent," he concluded.
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