Grand Launching the Joint Selection Admissions for Tourism Institute, Academy and Polytechnic (SBM-STAPP) 2016

Makassar, February 19^th, 2016 | The Grand Launching of Joint SelectionAdmissions for Tourism Institute, Academy and Polytechnic (SBM-STAPP) 2016 was held on Friday, February 19^th, 2016 in the Hall of Makassar Tourism Polytechnic Building. The Grand Launching was officially opened by the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Arief Yahya, and also attended by the Deputy Assistant of Systems Development of Ministry of Tourism and the respective Chairmans and Managing Directors, and representatives of tourism higher educational instituitions. The activity was also as the opening of registration of SBMSTAPP 2016.

The Grand Launching was began with the speech of the Director of Makassar Tourism Polytechnic, Mr. Komang Mahawira followed by a report from the Chairman of the National Committee of SBMSTAPP 2016, Mr. Anang Sutono who is also the Director of Bandung Institute of Tourism, which had previously been carried the Soft Launching of SBM-STAPP in STP Bandung.

SBMSTAPP is an online selection admission application as the results of cooperation between the Ministry of Tourism with PT Telkom, to facilitate the graduate high shool students and equal who want to study in the tourism higher educational institutions under the Ministry of Tourism. This year, SBM-STAPP was followed by four tourism institutions, namely STP Bandung, STP Nusa Dua Bali, Akpar Medan and Poltekpar Makassar with 37 study programs that can be chosen by the registrant.

Online registration was started from February 15^th until June 10^th, 2016. The written exam, interview and medical test will be conducted on June 13^th – 17^th, 2016. While the announcement of the test results will be conducted on July 15^th, 2016.

The implementation of SBMSTAPP of the Ministry of Tourism is expected to run smoothly and successfully, both in its implementation and to improve the quality of tourism in Indonesia in the future.