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    Southeast Asia
     Oct 22, 2005
Indonesia-Singapore lure Chinese, Indian tourists

JAKARTA - A joint tourism-promotion program by Indonesia and Singapore is aimed at luring tourists from China, India and the Middle East to Bali in wake of the second bombing on the island on October 1.

Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik held a meeting with the Singaporean trade and industry minister October 18-19 to follow up on the results of a bilateral meeting the two countries held at Tampak Siring in Bali on October 3-4.

The most-recent meeting was more focused on how to make use of what they view as Bali being the best tourist island in the world and Singapore Airlines the best airline company, Jero Wacik said in a news conference.

"We want to build a synergy of the two things, and while they have access to many world cities, we have tourist objects that may meet the preferences of world tourists," he said.

Tourists from China, India and the Middle East are targets,



because these parts of the world are the main market of Indonesian tourism.

Under the joint tourism-promotion program of the two countries, tourists from these countries will be persuaded to visit Singapore and then proceed to the tourist destinations in Indonesia.

"Our hope is that 10% of the tourists from China visiting Singapore will be able to continue their travel to Indonesia," said Yanti Sukamdani Harjoprakoso, chairperson of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI, who also attended the bilateral meeting.

In the wake of the second Bali bombing, the hotel occupancy rate in Bali dropped by 30% to 60%, although it could not confirmed that the drop was caused by the bomb blasts.

"The most important thing to note is that October and November are not a season of tourists, but their number will increase during peak season in December," Yanti said.

(Asia Pulse/Antara)

 

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