Sustainable Tourism Education Development Project

The Government of Indonesia has set a number of objectives to improve the role of tourism in the Indonesian economy and has allocated additional funds to the MTCE for promotion. The remaining core areas for the Indonesian Government to be addressed are: connectivity, basic services and tourism infrastructure; workforce skills and quality standards; investment and business climate; coordination and implementation capabilities at national and sub-national level.

The Government of Indonesia has prioritized tourism as one of the main pillars of the country’s economic growth potential. Its strategy is to make the tourism industry Indonesia’s biggest short-term source of foreign exchange revenues. Within the overall framework of the national tourism strategy, the aim is to build up sustainability in the tourism sector through competitive and sustainable destinations and a skilled workforce.

Results 2018 - 2023

Graduates’ Competency and Employment: 

• Lombok Tourism Polytechnic (PPL) graduates’ employment (full-time and self-employed) has increased from 61% in 2021 to 71% in 2023.  
• Employers' perceptions, scored 4.4 out of 5.0 in the User Satisfaction Survey, indicate that most graduates' skills, competencies, and attitudes are highly relevant. 

Outcome 1: School Development at Lombok Tourism Polytechnic (PPL) 

• PPL received national accreditation rating of “Very Good” in 2022. 
• Several departments at PPL received national accreditation ratings ranging between “Good” and “Very Good”. 
• Implementation of the STARTInc. entrepreneurship and business incubation program, with three batches rolled out. 
• Implemented project-based learning (PBL) in four courses, with 21 student projects piloted in four departments. 
• Piloted an Industry-Based Learning (IBL) model in collaboration with the Novotel hotel chain, to increase PPL students' hands-on learning time in hotels prior to their internship period, with the goal of improving the quality of training programs. 
• 30 teachers and instructors were facilitated in lecturer upskilling program in technical skills, teaching methodology, and soft skills training on entrepreneurship facilitation, digital transformation, project-based learning, and a Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (SVEB) certification course. 

Outcome 2: Strengthening industry relations 

• 59 participants from 11 hotels and tourism enterprises, 4 private training providers, and 3 polytechnics were trained in 4 In-Company Trainer (In-CT) trainings, piloted in Lombok and Bali. 
• 10 local industry experts contributed to PPL's curricula development and implementation, including the development of semester learning plan and entrepreneurship module as well as PBL. 
• 15 PPL students participated in the piloting of IBL with Novotel Lombok to enhance their practical learning experience in the workplace. 

Outcome 3: Knowledge sharing, networking, and policy dialogue 

• STARTInc’s experiences and modules were used as references for the Bandung Tourism Polytechnic’s entrepreneurship teaching module and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (MoTCE)’s Human Resources Development Centre (HRDC)’s entrepreneurship guidelines. 
• Collaborating for online and offline knowledge exchange sessions with MoTCE’s network of tourism polytechnics, covering topics such as the Develop a Curriculum (DACUM) method, a webinar on PBL, a Training of Trainers on entrepreneurship and business incubation facilitation hosted by PPL and Ciputra University, and In-CT trainings in Lombok and Bali. 
• 18 selected lecturers from the MoTCE’s network of tourism polytechnics received a SVEB Certification after completing a three-part training in Indonesia and Switzerland. The Swiss part of the training was hosted by Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern (SHL). At the same time, the tourism polytechnics’ management’s visit to tourism higher vocational education in Lucerne, Switzerland, was conducted, which later encouraged potential collaboration between the MoTCE’s HRDC and Swiss institutions for the next project phase.