Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands (Antara Bali) - The government will evaluate its policy banning all government officials from holding meetings and conferences in hotels in response to complaints from hotel owners, Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said.
"We will coordinate with the State Administrative Reforms Ministry to address the issue. Hopefully, we will find the way out," he said while paying a working visit in the Riau Islands provincial capital of Tanjungpinang on Thursday.
He said the Tourism Ministry had accommodated aspirations from hotel and restaurant owners. The aspirations would be conveyed to the State Administrative Reforms Ministry for consideration. "We must find a proper solution to the issue," he said.
Some hotel owners in Tanjungpinang had reduced their employees after they saw a decline in their income as a result of the policy banning government officials from holding meetings and conferences in hotels, chief of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Tanjungpinang chapter Alexander Ang said.
"Due to a shortfall in hotel income, many hotel owners did not extend work contracts with their employees," he said.
The number of domestic and foreign tourists staying in the hotels was very small and therefore, the hotel owners could not rely on income from tourists, he said. (WDY)
Govt To Evaluate Ban On Meetings In Hotels
Jumat, 13 Maret 2015 7:20 WIB