Indonesian Government Believes Tourist Arrival Targets can be achieved
October 21st, 2008
The Indonesian government is optimistic that it will achieve its foreign tourist arrival target of six to seven million people, a senior tourism ministry official said.
“We are optimistic the target will be reached considering the enthusiasm of foreign tourists to spend new year`s eve overseas, and Indonesia has become one favorite destination,” Fatta Nirwana, director general of marketing at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, said at the opening of a Tourism Indonesia Mart and Expo (TIME) 2008 at the Celebes Convention Center, Makassar.
In August of this year, the government reported that the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia had reached four million, compared to 3.6 million during the same period in 2007.
Regarding the year-end moment, Nirwana said he was optimistic the country would attract two to three million more foreign tourists bringing the total number of foreign tourist arrivals for the whole year to seven million.
On the tourism potentials of Indonesia`s eastern regions (KTI), he said eastern Indonesia regions such as Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi were already widely known among foreign tourists.
“Tana Toraja has become a brand for South Sulawesi, and is a favorite destination in Indonesia, after Bali,” he said.
Meanwhile, head of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board, Pontjo Sutowo said, Makassar was chosen as a venue for TIME 2008 because of its developed infrastructure.
Source: http://www.etravelblackboard.com/
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