In an announcement at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai tourism fair 2021, Indonesia’s Deputy Tourism Minister Nia Niscaya said that Indonesia has implemented a broad vaccination program for many target groups, including the military. Tourism industry workers: “The government has initiated the program ‘Cleanliness, Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability’ throughout the Indonesian tourism industry. We are confident that Indonesia remains a world-class destination.” The absence of international visitors has wreaked havoc on Bali’s economy. Source: Sonny Tumbelaka /AFP Indonesia is working to revive the tourism industry, especially in Bali. The absence of international visitors has wreaked havoc on the island’s economy, which relies up to 80% on tourism. Many resorts are deserted, businesses are closed and the bustling Denpasar airport is now mostly empty. Previously, a plan to welcome international guests back to Bali in September last year was canceled due to the local outbreak of Covid-19.

The unemployment rate of working age in the first quarter of this year was 2.42%, the rate of young people who were unemployed and not participating in study or training in quarter 1 was 16.3%, equivalent to nearly 2. million young people.

Also according to the General Statistics Office, 9.1 million workers aged 15 years and over are affected by the epidemic, 540,000 people lose their jobs, 2.8 million people have to take a break, temporarily stop doing business, and 3.1 million people are affected by the epidemic. cut working hours or forced to quit, take turns, 6.5 million people have their income reduced.

Urban workers were more affected than rural areas with 15.6%, compared with 10.4% in rural areas.

Millions of workers are affected by COVID-19. (Illustration)

In terms of three regions, the region least affected is agriculture, forestry and fishery with 7.5% of workers being negatively affected by the pandemic. Industry and construction sector ranked second. Labor in the service sector was hit the hardest, with a rate of 20.4%.

Meanwhile, the average monthly income of employees in the first quarter reached about 6.3 million dong / month, a slight increase compared to the previous quarter as well as the same period last year.

Although the average income increased, this growth was uneven across sectors. Many industries are still heavily affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, causing the income of workers in that industry to decline. These are industries: art, entertainment, transportation, warehousing …

According to Mr. Pham Hoai Nam, Director of the Department of Population and Labor Statistics (General Statistics Office), the numbers on the employment situation in the first quarter of 2021 reflect many difficulties and fluctuations in the economy. in general and the Vietnamese labor market in particular.

To remove difficulties for the job market, the General Statistics Office proposed the Government, ministries and branches to immediately study the issue of “vaccine passports”, to develop the necessary criteria to open the market. The international tourism school aims to help the service and tourism industry not miss opportunities for recovery and development.