Indonesia wants to attract more than 3.2 million tourists from other ASEAN member countries in 2011, a tourism official said. “This year, we set a target of attracting 3.2 million tourists from ASEAN to visit Indonesia,” Chrismiastutie, the culture and tourism ministry`s deputy director for ASEAN region, said here on Wednesday. ASEAN has always been [...]
The number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia last year grew 10.74 percent to 7,002,944 from 6,323.730 the year before, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said. In December 2010 alone, 644,221 foreign tourists visited the country, a 3.01 percent increase compared to 625,419 in December 2009, the center for data processing and network system at the [...]
Yogyakarta remains a safe place to visit despite the fact that the region was also affected by the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here Wednesday. “Mt Merapi eruptions are over and Yogyakarta is now as safe as before for visitors. This is proven by this Wisdom 2010 international [...]
Foreign tourists visiting Bali for a holiday reached two million, or close to expected target of 2.3 million this year, tourism observer Dewa Nyoman Putraman, said here. “I believe the number of foreign tourists which reached 95 percent will be increased and even exceed the target set by the government,” he said Tuesday. Putraman`s satisfaction [...]
North Sumatra’s Toba Lake region has great potential to be developed into a marine tourism area while Samosir Island’s plains and the surrounding mountains can become a nature, agro and cultural tourism destination. The statement was made by the head of Samosir’s tourism office, Melani Butar Butar, here Wednesday. She said the natural and cultural [...]
Bali has won “The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific” award from the Business Travellers Asia Pacific magazine based in Hong Kong, a tourism official said. The award would be presented to the Bali provincial government at Contrad Hotel in Hong Kong on September 10, Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office Ida Bagus Subhiksu [...]
Around 200 yachts from abroad are expected to join the upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 from July to August, and they have been registered for the event, the Maluku governor said. “The yachts are scheduled to depart from Darwin, Australia on July 27 and arrive in Banda waters in Maluku province on [...]
The Dutch people enthusiastically hailed Garuda Indonesia in the promotion campaign at Indonesian Fair at Malieveld in The Hague, from April 1 to 5, the Indonesian national flag carrier`s general manager for Europe and the Middle East Iswandi Said told ANTARA`s London correspondent Sunday. Garuda`s pavilion opposite that of the National Education and Tourism Ministry [...]
The United Nations-World Tourism Organization (UN-WTO) has predicted that the tourism sector in Indonesia this year would grow by six percent. “According UN-WTO Secretary General Thaleb Rifai, the Indonesian tourism sector would grow by six percent or three points above the world`s tourism development,” Promotion of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Culture and Tourism, I Gde [...]
ASEAN Flag Hoisting Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy, 12 April 2012
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Anak Indonesia at Reiseliv 2012
Indonesian Tourism at Reiseliv 2012
Gateway College Farewell Gathering, 19 January 2011
Indonesian Tourism at Reiseliv 2011