The Hague (ANTARA Sulsel) - Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said he was optimistic that Indonesia would be able to attract one million European tourists annually.
After attending the opening of the 'Tong Tong Market' in the Hague, the minister pointed out indicators that supported his optimism such as intensive tourism promotions in a number of points in Europe such as in Berlin, the World Tourism in London and the Pasar Tong tong in the Netherlands.
"I believed the echo of Indonesia's tourism promotions would attract more European tourists to the country," Jero Wacik said.
He said that about 700 thousands European tourists arrived in Indonesia. After all, in 2009, efforts were being made so that the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia would resume operations in Europe, the minister said.
The minister said that if the operation of Garuda to Europe could be reopened, Indonesia's tourism operators could well produce a kind of family tour packages.
He said that security in Indonesia had also been improving and services becoming faster, particularly with regard to the visa on arrival handling.
However, the minister said that the proceeds of tourism were not comparable to the funds the government spent for tourism promotions.
This year, he said, his ministry obtained Rp1.1 trillion for tourism promotion but income obtained from the tourism industries was only Rp7.5 billion.
(T.SYS/H-AJM)
After attending the opening of the 'Tong Tong Market' in the Hague, the minister pointed out indicators that supported his optimism such as intensive tourism promotions in a number of points in Europe such as in Berlin, the World Tourism in London and the Pasar Tong tong in the Netherlands.
"I believed the echo of Indonesia's tourism promotions would attract more European tourists to the country," Jero Wacik said.
He said that about 700 thousands European tourists arrived in Indonesia. After all, in 2009, efforts were being made so that the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia would resume operations in Europe, the minister said.
The minister said that if the operation of Garuda to Europe could be reopened, Indonesia's tourism operators could well produce a kind of family tour packages.
He said that security in Indonesia had also been improving and services becoming faster, particularly with regard to the visa on arrival handling.
However, the minister said that the proceeds of tourism were not comparable to the funds the government spent for tourism promotions.
This year, he said, his ministry obtained Rp1.1 trillion for tourism promotion but income obtained from the tourism industries was only Rp7.5 billion.
(T.SYS/H-AJM)