Tourism Up for Massive Year in 2008
September 10th, 2007
The Cultural and Tourism Ministry is gearing up to welcome an expected seven million foreign tourists next year as part of the Visit Indonesia Year 2008 program.
“We have held an introductory event, called ‘Gebyar Wisata Nusantara‘, in a number of big cities nationwide to promote the 2008 program,” Tourism ministry business director Winarno Sudjas said Friday.
“We’ve also participated in some tourism expos abroad as part of the promotion.”
According to the Central Statistics Agency data, during the first quarter of 2007, the country saw more than 2 million foreign tourists visit Indonesia from mostly South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Singapore.
Source: Antara
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