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AirAsia launches direct flights to Yogyakarta

Beginning 30 January 2007, AirAsia will commence direct flights to Yogyakarta, Indonesia from Kuala Lumpur, documenting its entry into its 13th destinations in Indonesia. The Airline of the Year 2007 has the most extensive service into Indonesia sprawling across cities such as Bali, Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Bandung, Batam, Jakarta, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pekan Baru, Solo, Surabaya and now Yogyakarta.
AirAsia will begin with four (4) flights per week to Yogyakarta departing from LCC Terminal, Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The airline’s new 180-seater Airbus A320 will be deployed for the route.

Yogyajarta is a city with outstanding historical and cultural heritage. Renowned for being the centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture, Yogyakarta is also known as one of Indonesia’s most important centres for higher education. A visit to Kraton, the Royal Palace of the Sultan, will have one mesmerized with Gamelan, the beautiful Javanese traditional music and Ramayana ballet.

Tony Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia, said, “Yogyakarta has long been on our list of destinations that we want to fly to and it certainly adds value to our route network. The new service into Yogyakarta augurs well for both countries in promoting the exchange of tourist, labour, and small and medium enterprise traffic. In addition, year 2008 marks an exciting year for Indonesia as it is Visit Indonesia Year and we are excited to be able to play a key role in promoting the beautiful city and people of Yogyakarta to the rest of the world.”

“By means of AirAsia’s extensive route network in ASEAN, amazing low fares and high safety standards, we are optimistic in boosting tourism economy for all the countries we fly to, and specifically in this case, we are also looking forward to strengthening our domestic routes in Indonesia via our hub in Jakarta.”

Source: http://www.traveldailynews.com/

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Banten preparing two events for Visit Indonesia Year 2008

Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - Banten province is preparing two national tourist events as the central government has entrusted the province to be a supporting tourist destination in the Visit Indonesia Year 2008, a local official said here Thursday.

The two national tourist events being prepared by the province are Festival Perkusi Nusantara (the Archipelago`s Percussion Festival) and Gebyar Wisata Banten (the Banten Tourism Festivity).

In 2008, head of the Banten provincial culture and tourism office Ranta Suharta told ANTARA that the office is preparing nine programs which will be implemented in 23 activities to develop and promote the province`s culture and tourism.

“We are preparing the programs to avoid possible overlapping as in 2008, a national Qur`an reading contest will also be held in Banten,” Ranta said.

He said the province had a very good opportunity by holding the upcoming Archipelago`s Percussion Festival and the Banten Tourism Festivity in an effort to reawaken and further promote its culture and tourism both at national and international levels.

Banten has attractive tourist sites including the beaches of Anyer, Carita, Karang Bolong and Bagedur as well as pilgrimage tourist sites besides interesting traditional arts like debus, rampak bedug and local dances.

Ranta pointed out that the Krakatau Tourism to be held in Anyer Beach, Serang district, was also expected to highlight the Visit Indonesia Year 2008. (*)

Source: ANTARA News

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