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Tourism was one of the first sectors to digitalize business processes on a global scale, bringing flight and hotel booking online to become a digital pioneer. As information and communications technology (ICT) became a global phenomenon, tourism was a consistent early adopter of new technologies and platforms. A digitalized tourism sector must innovate and generate new business opportunities to ensure the continued competitiveness, growth, and sustainable development of the sector. The ultimate goal is to make a solid contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the global development community (UNWTO, 2022). Digitization Initiative in Tourism Sector focuses on the usage of digital technology and includes all stakeholders. The implementation of digital technology is expected to assist tour villages in increasing the promotion of tourism in Priority Tourism Areas likely Mandalika and Toba independently. Picture 1. Training of Story Telling In 202...

Directorate General of Informatics Application has three scopes: the National Movement of Digital Literacy, the Adoption Literacy of Digital Technology, and Pandu Digital (Digital Guide). The National Movement of Digital Literacy includes four pillars namely digital ethics, digital skill, digital society, and digital culture that are stated in Modules. The Indonesian government will target 50 million people that have digital proficiency. In 2021, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MCI) held more than 20 thousand digital literacy training, with themes about Digital Lifestyle, Digital Economy, Digital Parenting, Digital Society, and Digital Governance. The Adoption Literacy of Digital Technology is one of the literacy activities to improve human resources capacities in villages through the usage of digital technology. These activities have a goal to enhance the understanding of the village community in harnessing the technology on basic level literacy that is started from the...

A tool that makes healthcare more accessible, cost-effective, and increases patient engagement – is telemedicine. Since making its debut in the late 1950s, advances in telemedicine have contributed to seniors having the choice to age in place. In addition, the patients that reside in rural areas that previously had difficulties accessing a physician can now reach them virtually. Physicians and patients can share information in real-time from one computer screen to another. And they can even see and capture readings from medical devices at a faraway location. Using telemedicine software, patients can see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment without having to wait for an appointment. Patients can consult a physician in the comfort of their homes. A gap between quantity and health distribution is still a big problem in Indonesia. Midwives are the vanguard to monitor mothers' health and children's health in the Indonesian Region. Therefore, the Indonesian government needs to provid...

Digitization of the Maritime Strategic Sector concentrates on the usage of digital technology in aquaculture fishery for farmers with pond areas less than 5 hectares and focuses on vaname shrimp commodities. On the other hand, this program undertakes capture fishery for fishermen with a large ship of less than 10 GT and a plunge in knitting and lobster commodities. The implementation of digital technology in the maritime value chain from upstream to downstream is expected to increase yield production and carry out the efficiency of production costs. These digital technologies have some advantages namely provide real-time information about pond water conditions, give action recommendations regarding necessity (precision fish farming), provide information about selling price, and facilitate a transaction between fisherman and consumer (capture fisheries). The value chain of the Maritime Sector has four primary activities such as the provision of inputs (provision of capital...

To increase ICT utilization, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MCI) has launched the "Digital Transformation Program of Strategic Sectors". Strategic sectors consist of agriculture, maritime, health, tourism, and logistic. This program collaborates with many stakeholders such as ministries/institutions, local government, and startup digital companies. Demographers predict that around 9.8 billion people will live on Earth in the year 2050 – and with today’s agricultural methods it is not possible to provide for such an enormous number. Agriculture must use digital tools and close cooperation with industry.   Now that digital technology is applied not only to digital applications but also to the harness of the Internet of Things (IoT) like soil and weather sensors, water discharge sensors, land mapping, and drone surveillance. The Digital Transformation Program of the Agricultural Strategic Sector focuses on the utilization of digital technology in the agriculture ...

An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos. NFT stands for non-fungible token. It’s generally built using the same kind of programming as cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but that’s where the similarity ends.  Physical money and cryptocurrencies are “fungible,” meaning they can be traded or exchanged for one another. They’re also equal in value—one dollar is always worth another dollar; one Bitcoin is always equal to another Bitcoin. Crypto’s fungibility makes it a trusted means of conducting transactions on the blockchain.  NFTs are different. Each has a digital signature that makes it impossible for NFTs to be exchanged for or equal to one another (Conty, 2022) However, due to the current regulatory status of crypto assets in Indonesia, NFTs are not yet regulate...

The Indonesian Government has initiated affirmative action to accelerate using local products. Jokowi, President of the Republic of Indonesia, proclaims this action to increase the role of SMEs in economic growth. According to this action, Minister of Communication and Informatics, Johnny G. Plate invites digital platforms to encourage economic improvement for SMEs. MCI held Forum of Digital Economy IV on digital platforms or marketplaces using the hybrid method in Grand Hyatt Hotel, Central Jakarta on Monday, April 4, 2022. Through this forum, Minister hopes to get input on high-level policy from all stakeholders especially on digital platforms about increasing SMEs activities and using domestic products. In 2022, our government is targeting 20 million SMEs to penetrate the local market. Nowadays, there are 19 million units of SMEs that enter the digital ecosystem based on data from the Association of e-Commerce Indonesia (IdEA). These achievements are not enough and must be increased...

In Indonesia, as of the date of this publication, there is no general law on data protection. However, there are certain regulations concerning the use of electronic data. These regulations consist of: Law No 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transaction as amended by Law No. 19 of 2016. Government Regulation No.71 of 2019 on Administration of Electronic Transaction System. Minister of Communication and Informatics Regulation No.5 0f 2020 on Private Electronic System Providers. Minister of Communication and Informatics Regulation No. 20 of 2016 on Personal Data Protection on Electronic System. However, for several years, a new draft Bill on the Protection of Private Personal Data ("Bill") is being discussed but to this date, it has not been issued. Although the exact date remains uncertain and the Bill is still to be considered by the House of Representatives, if passed, this will become Indonesia’s first comprehensive law to specifically deal with the issue of data pr...