Bangkok--Sep 17--eTurbo news
Indonesian tourism is not yet fully recovered borrowing a series of happenings in the period of 2003-2004, including SARS outbreak, the bird flu, Iraqi war, bomb blast at JW Marriott Jakarta Hotel, the general election, and the latest bomb attack at Australian Embassy in Jakarta, which seem to bring direct or indirect impact to the national tourism industry.
Besides, the issuance of several policies such as visa-on-arrival as well as the travel warnings by a number of countries is reported to have contributed to the decrease of foreign arrivals from the considered potential markets.
Hence, the tourism industry is committed to keep promoting Indonesian tourism in the effort to revive the business that has been noted as the third largest foreign exchange earner for the country. Their commitment to continue the efforts is also shown through the participation in Tourism Indonesia Mart and Expo (TIME) 2004 which will be held on 26-29 September 2004 at Jogja Expo Center. In this event, the tourism industry will have the chance to meet the international buyers and attract as many tourists as possible to visit the various tourist attractions in Indonesia.
Thus far total sellers registered for TIME 2004 have almost reached to twice more than the figure we had in TIME 2003. Somehow it proves the strong commitment of the industry to carry on the tourism development in the future. In a while, the industry hopes for the smooth progress of second period of presidential election so that there will be more opportunities we have in order to revive Indonesian tourism,? explained Meity Robot, chairperson of TIME 2004 Steering Committee.
As per today, the committee has registered 148 sellers representing 18 provinces, including Bali, Yogyakarta Special Region, Jakarta Special Region, West Java, East Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Gorontalo, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Riau, etc.
In a while, total buyers registered are 100 delegates representing 34 countries, among which are Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Ghana, Poland, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Netherlands, Syria, United States, and the others.
The committee is targeting at 150 buyers and 150 sellers to participate in this year?s event.
Last year, TIME 2003 succeeded to attract 101 sellers representing 17 provinces with hotel industry dominating 52% of total sellers, and then followed by tour operators (24%), NTO (17%), airlines (5%), also golf operator (1%). Then, the event could also attract 100 buyers coming from 25 countries.
Bringing out the theme ?Indonesia: Ultimate in Diversity?, which is in line with the newly launched Indonesian tourism brand, the committee has prepared a list of programs, one of which is an international workshop on tourism that is to be held at Jogja Expo Center on September 26, 2004. The workshop whose theme is ?Tourism Rebound: Mass Tourism with Individualized Experiences? will present notable speakers, such as Mr. Joop Ave (Former Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications), Mr. Alistair Speirs (Chairman of Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA) Indonesia Chapter), Mr. Nick Deacock (Product Manager of Garuda Orient Holidays ? Sydney, Australia), and the others.
Besides, TIME 2004 will be held alongside with the biennial Kraton Festival (Indonesian Royal Festival) in which 27 palaces and 2600 artists from all over Indonesia and the neighboring countries will participate in various art and cultural festivals, exhibitions, and other programs.
TIME 2004 attains big support from Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Yogyakarta Provincial Government, Yogyakarta Tourism Board, Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA), Indonesia National Air Carrier Association (INACA), Jogja & Central Java Hotels Association (JCJHA), and Pacto Convex Ltd as the event organizer.
In fact, international airlines that are the members of Board of Airline Representatives Indonesia (BARINDO), such as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Cathay Pacific, as well as national airlines, such as Garuda Indonesia, Bouraq Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines and Lion Air are among the supporting airlines of Royal TIME 2004.
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Sekretariat ROYAL TIME 2004
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