Prevent Corona Virus Entering KEPRI, Apri Sujadi Refuses Cruise Ship Sailing in Bintan

TRIBUNBATAM.id -  The Regent of Bintan, Apri Sujadi, refused the arrival of a cruise ship that did not match the route sailing on Bintan.

This was done in anticipation of the Corona virus entering Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province.

Corona Virus (covid-19) continues to hit several countries and is a concern at the international level.

As for the current concern, is the arrival of a cruise ship that can indeed make a Corona virus outbreak in a country.

"We firmly reject the arrival of cruise ships that do not match the route sailing in the waters of Bintan," Apri said a few days ago. 

According to him, anticipation of the arrival of cruise ships that do not match the route of his arrival to Bintan clearly must be done.

Apri revealed, his party had written to the relevant vertical agencies so that cruise ships that do not have a route to Bintan to be anticipated so as not to enter and dock to Bintan.

Apri said that the Corona virus, which was first known to emerge from Wuhan, caused chaos in Asia and beyond.

Based on that, he will follow up on the influence on the target size of the Bintan Locally-generated revenue (PAD) in the 2020 APBD. 

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"We will see the development of the Corona virus to the world of tourism. It is possible we will revise the PAD target in the 2020 APBD," he said.

Apri added, about 60 to 70 percent of Bintan PAD annually comes from the tourism sector.

Bintan Regency previously targeted PAD in its APBD to be around Rp. 262.51 Billion more. This calculation is based on the predicted increase in income obtained by Bintan from the previous year. 

"With this Corona virus outbreak and the start of flagging tourist visit in Bintan, we will follow up on its influence on the magnitude of the Bintan PAD target in the 2020 APBD," he said.  (*Alfandi Simamora/Tribunbatam.id) 

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