The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, directly appointed and congratulated the 21 regencies/cities that were selected to be the 2021 Indonesian Creative Words in Samarinda. "This determination is expected to spur districts/cities and others to develop the creative economy in their respective regions," said Sandi in Samarinda, Tuesday. He said, Kata, which stands for Creative Regency and City, is a collaboration program between the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the local government to encourage MSME actors to innovate to restore the tourism sector and the creative economy (parekraf) so that new business opportunities and jobs can be created for the community.
Sandi also encouraged the City of Samarinda to actively participate in the Creative Regency/City Assessment Test activities in the coming year. "We see Samarinda as one of the cities with the highest economic growth rate, exceeding the national growth rate," he explained. Sandi believes that the growth of the creative economy is projected to continue to increase. He also invited all creative economy actors in economic recovery to maximize the use of digitalization with Gercep, Geber and Gaspol. Gercep is the Fast Movement, Geber is the Joint Movement because the central government will not be able to run without the local government, then Gaspol is Working on All Potential Online. "Let's take one step to make a determination to push the economy together, yes we can do it," said Sandi.
The determination of 21 Indonesian Creative Words 2021 is divided into two stages with the first 10 districts/cities including Balikpapan City, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Majalengka Regency, Malang City, Rembang Regency, Denpasar City, Gianyar Regency, Palembang City, Semarang City, Surakarta City. Then the other 11 regencies/cities are Ambon City, Banda Aceh City, Banjarnegara Regency, Salatiga City, Tanah Datar Regency, Wakatobi Regency, Wonosobo Regency, Bandung City, Cimahi City, Karanganyar Regency and finally Pekalongan City. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Samarinda Andi Harun on behalf of the City Government and the residents of Samarinda said he was proud and surprised that Samarinda was chosen to be the pinnacle of the determination of Indonesian Creative Words 2021. "Hopefully with this activity the creative economy continues to grow and Samarinda becomes a contributor to Indonesia's growth, especially in the middle of the world pandemic crisis," hoped Andi. Andi also emphasized that the pandemic must not eliminate the credibility of the community in working to advance the nation.
