THE Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno apologized to Reza Arap, who is the tour guide for streamer IShowSpeed in Indonesia. Sandiaga admitted that his post had no intention of claiming the success of IShowSpeed’s visit to Indonesia.
Streamer IShowSpeed, aka Darren Watkins Jr, streams in several countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. During his visit to Indonesia, he did live streaming in big cities in Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Bali and Yogyakarta.
In his streaming content, Speed explores the unique cultures of the cities he visits. Indirectly, the content presented by Speed has promoted tourism and culture in Indonesia. One of the important figures who helped with Speed’s travel plans in Indonesia was Reza Arap.
Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno uploaded a tweet containing a compilation video of Speed’s journey during a live broadcast in Indonesia via his X social media account. Sandiaga admitted that he was proud that Speed could introduce Indonesian culture to audiences from various countries.
“From eating padang rice in a funny way, to getting caught up in a frenzy following the dance. The fun of El Paceang playing #DiIndonesiaAja makes you want to join in!” wrote Sandiaga, Friday (20/9) afternoon WIB.
Seeing these comments, Reza Arap, who helped Speed as a guide and prepared accommodation for him while in Indonesia, criticized Sandiaga’s tweet with annoyance.
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“Where have you been, sir? I take care of everything myself using the connections, relationships and finances that I have, which cannot possibly be as generous as the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. Why do you only appear when everything has happened and finished and then feel proud of it, sir? I don’t need credit. but where have you been?” tweeted Reza Arap.
Responding to Reza Arap’s harsh criticism, Sandiaga Uno also apologized to him in reply to the latest comment on the X account @sandiuno. He admitted that he had no intention at all to claim that Speed’s arrival was part of the performance of the Menparekraf team.
“Hi Mas Reza, I didn’t intend to make any claims at all, and there is absolutely nothing in the post that states that this is our work,” wrote Sandi on his personal X account, Sunday (22/9) evening WIB.
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“In fact, we want to appreciate it because it has helped introduce Indonesian culture to the world, to millions of ishowspeed viewers. “If you don’t like the post, we apologize,” he continued.
Sandiaga Uno’s upload regarding Ishowspeed coming to Indonesia also received an angry reaction from social media netizens
“There was absolutely no intention of making a claim, but it was given a watermark,” tweeted one netizen on the X account @haekuss.
“That’s a video of someone, sir minister. Why is the ministry giving it a watermark? Is that a video made by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy? “This ministry is really funny,” wrote the account @chocochipzofc. (Z-1)
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