Yogyakarta, Feb. 4 -- Vice President Ma'ruf Amin officially opened the 2023 ASEAN Tourism Forum, themed "ASEAN: A Journey to Wonderful Destinations," in Yogyakarta.

At the opening ceremony in Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta, Friday (February 3), Amin expressed hope that the forum would accelerate regional tourism recovery and serve as a medium to discuss and improve tourism policies.

"I hope this forum will bolster the spirit of tourism recovery in ASEAN, besides becoming the medium for discussion and formulation of policies and real programmes on tourism development that will be more practical, direct, and orientated to the future," Amin stated.

Tourism ministers of ASEAN countries and representatives from partner countries, including th...