Creative economic growth in
Indonesia this year is estimated to reach 5.76% or Rp. 641.8 trillion. The
figure was higher than the national growth rate of 5.74%. Based on data
released by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, in terms of nominal
value, the creative industry is still dominated by three major sectors,
especially in tangible form, namely culinary amounted to Rp. 208.6 trillion,
with a contribution of 32.5%, followed by fashion with 28.3% contribution or
Rp. 181.6 trillion, and handicraft sector which reached Rp. 92.65 trillion.
(14.4%);
As for the creative industries which are in intangible
from, its contribution, in terms of face value, is still low averagely below
3%. However, its growth is quite rapid and is above the national average,
especially for computer services and software; advertising; and architecture
which reached 8%. Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu,
in Jakarta on Tuesday (November 19,) said that these conditions show that
creative economy industry in Indonesia began to show encouraging development.
Mari said that the Ministry of Tourism and Creative
Economy continued to boost growth of the creative industries, particularly in
the fields of performing arts, given the lack of value added in this sector,
which only accounted for 0.8% of the total creative economy-based arts and
culture (EKSB). Based on data from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative
Economy, until late last year, the added value of performing arts was around
Rp2.1 billion, while the contribution of creative economy-based arts and
targeted that the value generated by performing arts can be increased by 7% to
Rp2.25 trillion.
He admitted that the lack of added value of performing
arts was due to the rampant piracy of the works of Indonesian musicians,
including intense competition with international musicians and artists.
Therefore, at this time, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in
collaboration with the Directorate General of intellectual Property Rights,
music associations, and the Ministry of Trade continues to intensively campaign
anti-piracy.
Aside from music, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative
Economy also encouraged Indonesian musicians and artist to take part in foreign
countries by introducing Indonesian performing arts through a variety of
performances. One of them is Indonesia Performing Arts Market (IPAM) which will
bridge the gap between the best musicians in the country with overseas users. Unlike
the previous year, for this year, the performing art shows further accentuate
contemporary art by lifting cultural character.
Meanwhile, entrepreneurs were asking the government not
to overly restrict the creative industries in the country with strict rules.
Heads of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs
Association (Hipmi), Ariful Y Hidayat, said that there were many novice
businessmen in the field of creative industries which were growing. The
businessmen require a much friendlier ecosystem. One of the requirements that
must be simplified is the requirements to access capital through banks.
Currently,
Hipmi is discussing a possibility with the government to set it forth in a Law
and other regulations. According to him, of the 15 creative industry sectors,
there are at least five rapidly growing sectors that have a potential market.
These sectors include film industry, fashion , culinary, design and
architecture. Specifically for the film industry, Hipmi is now exploring the
opportunity for the entrance of foreign investors to build new theaters in the
country. He explained that from the total of Indonesian population at 240
million, there were only 700 movie theaters that can accommodate local and
foreign films. The number of distributors were only three.
Business News - November 22, 2013
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