RI’s Consulate General in Sydney (KJRI) in conjunction with Garuda Indonesia will held “Discover Indonesia: to further promote tourism industry other than Bali. They introduce this event to some Australia’s media and travel agencies.
For 2 weeks in the end of July, the program is going to be held to promote “Visit Indonesia 2008″ to Sydney and other of our administrative juridiction,” Says Pratito Soeharyo Minister Counsellor of Information & Media. “About 20-ish travel agency will be invited to create various holiday packages to Indonesia.”
In fact, echo-tourism will be the main focus especially in Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua. “We will send some letters to these provinces’ governor, and I really hope a positive response for them to participate by giving 2 main tourism objects in their region,” Says Soeharyo. “This is not only the tourism destination itself, but also accommodation, transport and safety.”
Some of the travel agencies who will be invited are from Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Cairns, Townsville, dan kota-kota lain yang ada di Queensland, New South Wales, dan South Australia.
“We want to focus on other tourist destination besides Bali,” Says Soeharyo.