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Commencing in 2021 and organised by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the Informal Workers Programme was designed to assist the informal tourism sector to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and increase resilience through new knowledge and skills. Whereas the focus of the 2021 programme in Bangkok was to help prepare informal workers for the reopening of international tourism and safety; in Bali and Jakarta, the needs analysis showed that informal workers required new skills to better manage their businesses.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) recently concluded its Informal Workers Programme in Indonesia with more than 500 participants trained in Bali and Jakarta.

The programme was created in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support one of the most important – but of