Minister Of Culture And Tourism introduces VIY in Tokyo
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, is scheduled to promote Visit Indonesia Year 2008 (VIY) program in the biggest travel fair in Asia held by the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) in Tokyo September 10-21, 2008.
“The minister`s arrival is much expected because many people are curious to know the Visit Indonesia Year program,” chairman of Indonesia`s tourism promotion office in Japan, Tadahiko Narita, said here Tuesday.
Narita stated that the curiousity in Japan were intense that a group of Japanese businessman in a forum named Keizai Kai were scheduling a meeting between 50 Japanese businessman with the Indonesian minister.
On Narita`s point of view, a complete and direct explanation from Indonesia`s minister of culture and tourism might push out the VIY`s popularity in Japan that the government`s target to welcome seven million of foreign tourists could come true.
Before, VIY`s promotion were unpopular in Japan. There were few tourism pratitioners in Japan knew about the program which has been launched last year.
Several big travel agents in Japan such as JTB, HIS and also Japan Airlines (JAL) didn`t know that there were tourism program from Indonesia.
Even the JAL manager of public relation, Stephen Pearlman, were checking directly to all his branch office in Japan and Indonesia just to dig out about the VIY`s program.
“I had checked it, very few people knew about it,” he said.
Narita also admitted that previously the VIY`s promotion program were stumbled due to the lack of publication materials, the absence of a complete activity and the lack of fund to promote the program. This was worsened by the misprint of Japanese language brochures that it was failed to distributed to people.
“With the minister`s coming to Japan, all of VIY`s program can be explained in more details,” she said.
The minister is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo in September 18, 2008 using Singapore Airlines. He will campaign the next day and also hold a press conference to give details about the Visit Indonesia Year 2008 program.
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