Realizing the City of Surabaya as a World Maritime Fulcrum Economic Power in Indonesia

Abstract

Since the 17th century, Surabaya has been used by the Dutch as a basis for economic development, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia. Surabaya's position is strategic in building the Indonesian economy to date. The world maritime Fulcrum as the current government's vision is very important to consider Surabaya as the center of economic gravity. The qualitative method of literature study is used in this paper. The discussion covers the geographical location of Surabaya which is very strategic which is in the middle of the territory of Indonesia as an archipelagic country. Surabaya is also the area of the largest strength of the Indonesian Navy fleet. Surabaya is currently the capital city of East Java Province which nationally as the second largest contributor to state revenue, all fields have high progress including the fields of education, tourism, industry. As a conclusion and as a novelty of this paper, Surabaya as an economic gateway, especially eastern Indonesia, is very worthy of being the center of Indonesia's economic power in the vision of the World Maritime Fulcrum. As a recommendation, the government needs to immediately make integrated policies that involve related parties.

Keywords:Surabaya, Indonesian Maritime Policy, Indonesian Maritime Strategy, Sea Power, World Maritime Fulcrum

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-24-01

Publication date: December 31^st 2021