Minister Sandiaga visits Google in Singapore for further collaboration

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno visited the Google Asia-Pacific Office in Singapore in a bid to plan further collaboration with Google to develop the creative economy sector in Indonesia.

The minister took the opportunity to meet with Google Asia-Pacific President Scott Beaumont along with his staff to discuss topics related to gaming, training, Google Destinations program, and the tourism search trend in Indonesia.

Uno stated in Singapore on Wednesday that through this discussion, a form of cooperation can be forged between stakeholders and the government. Thus, the government can garner more public participation and attention to Indonesia's creative economy potential.

Uno thanked the global digital corporation that had declared its commitment to collaborating with his ministry in developing the game sector. The company's support comes in the form of capital access, training for the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry's team, and expert certification.

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The minister also lauded Google over the tourism destination search trend in the corporation's search engine that is deemed to help reduce the promotional price.

"We are very satisfied with the search result, and we believe that it is our effort to recover the economy and ensure that the economy moves with an accurate balance," he remarked. "We believe that cooperating with Google is a correct choice," he stated. All this time, the ministry's cooperation with the company has proceeded well.

One of the programs resulting from this cooperation is the Gapura Digital (Digital Gate) that is an activity supporting Indonesia's small and medium enterprises through digital means. Beaumont is optimistic that the collaboration between both parties would result in economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic was overcome.