Tourism ministry to start disbursing relief grant to 101 cities, regencies next month
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“The local administrations will need to actively disburse the awarded grants and provide us with the list of recipients to ensure the program’s success,” Hengky said at a virtual discussion on Oct. 23. “We expect the grant disbursements to be finished by November.”
The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry plans to start disbursing Rp 3.3 trillion (US$224 million) in relief grants to 101 selected cities and regencies in November, an official has said. The grant is intended to help recover the coronavirus-battered tourist industry. Seventy percent of the grants would be disbursed to individual businesses, while the remaining 30 percent would be given to local administrations, according to the ministry’s crisis management expert, Hengky Manurung. The eligibility of hotels and restaurants would be determined according to the 2019 hotel and restaurant tax (PHPR) data at local administrations, he added.