Yogyakarta, Feb. 4 -- Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, invited ASEAN countries to strengthen collaboration in realizing the region as a center for global economic growth through tourism.

Uno made the statement at the opening of the 2023 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in the Prambanan Temple Courtyard, Yogyakarta, on Friday.

"ATF, as the largest tourism forum in the Southeast Asian region, must be able to become a place for discussion to reformulate the tourism sector. We hope the tourism sector would become more adaptive to the current and future situations," the minister noted in a press release received here, Saturday.

According to Uno, ASEAN countries should be able to build tourism destinations based on the three ...