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MINISTER PREDICTS THREE PCT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN TOURISTS
Jakarta, June 7 (ANTARA) - Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has predicted that foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia will increase three percent in the second semester of 2009.
"The foreign tourist arrivals will mainly come from Asian countries who decided to make holiday trips to Asian nation as well," the minister said here on Sunday.
He said that the number of foreign tourists coming from Europe and the United States was predicted to drop slightly due to economic crisis which affected those countries.
In the meantime, Asian tourists preferred to holidaying in Asian countries so that the tourism industry in Asia remained to grow. "Asian tourists chose to visit nearer countries," the minister said.
Earlier, chairperson of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), SB Wiranti Sukamdani said the growth of the Indonesian hotel and restaurant market up to the end of 2009 was expected to reach two to three percent.
She said that the two to three percent growth could be achieved if hotel and restaurant operators were active in launching and offering package products to attract visitors.
Wiranti said it was expected that the hotel and restaurant market would grow three percent in the first semester of 2009 because there were a number of international events such as the Asian Development Bank's conference in Bali and the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado, North Sulawesi last month.
In April, she said, Indonesia held a legislative election which also had positive impact on hotel occupancy rate, the use of hotels' meeting rooms and visits to restaurants.
But in the second semester of the year the hotel and restaurant market was also expected decline if operators did not take immediate anticipatory steps, she added.
"Hotel and restaurant operators must be active in launching promotions to attract visitors so that hotel and restaurant growth in the second semester of the year would not decline," she added.***5***
"The foreign tourist arrivals will mainly come from Asian countries who decided to make holiday trips to Asian nation as well," the minister said here on Sunday.
He said that the number of foreign tourists coming from Europe and the United States was predicted to drop slightly due to economic crisis which affected those countries.
In the meantime, Asian tourists preferred to holidaying in Asian countries so that the tourism industry in Asia remained to grow. "Asian tourists chose to visit nearer countries," the minister said.
Earlier, chairperson of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), SB Wiranti Sukamdani said the growth of the Indonesian hotel and restaurant market up to the end of 2009 was expected to reach two to three percent.
She said that the two to three percent growth could be achieved if hotel and restaurant operators were active in launching and offering package products to attract visitors.
Wiranti said it was expected that the hotel and restaurant market would grow three percent in the first semester of 2009 because there were a number of international events such as the Asian Development Bank's conference in Bali and the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado, North Sulawesi last month.
In April, she said, Indonesia held a legislative election which also had positive impact on hotel occupancy rate, the use of hotels' meeting rooms and visits to restaurants.
But in the second semester of the year the hotel and restaurant market was also expected decline if operators did not take immediate anticipatory steps, she added.
"Hotel and restaurant operators must be active in launching promotions to attract visitors so that hotel and restaurant growth in the second semester of the year would not decline," she added.***5***
