A-PAD Indonesia’s Anton Purnama, Program Coordinator, discussed disaster resilience and tourism with the head of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial and District Disaster Management Agency on DIALOG KENTONGAN, a local radio show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prgPGAkY-jc

The discussion points are below:

• Building disaster resilience in the tourism sector will add commercial value to the tourism industry. A-PAD Indonesia is working with the local tourism sector and disaster management agency to build resilience among the tourism actors. As part of the efforts, A-PAD Indonesia is introducing a certification system that evaluates coping capacity.
• The head of the disaster management agency reiterated the importance of the municipality promoting the initiative by establishing regulations.