Jakarta, June 21 -- The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Manpower are collaborating to improve the capacity of human resources in the tourism sector.

The cooperation was formalized with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana and Manpower Minister Yassierli in Jakarta on Friday.

"This is our joint commitment to building a tourism ecosystem that is more fair and competitive with support from the Ministry of Manpower," Wardhana noted in her ministry's press statement on Saturday.

The cooperation between the two ministries encompasses increasing the capacity of tourism human resources and institutions, exchanging data and information, facilitating workforce placement, exp...