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        "id": 1253643,
        "msgid": "australians-to-visit-west-sumatra-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-10-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Australians to visit West Sumatra",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Australians to visit West Sumatra PADANG, West Sumatra: Despite the heightened security in the country following the Bali bombing, around 100 Australian tourists are not going to cancel their travel plans to the province. Indonesian Travel Agents' Association (Asita) chairman in West Sumatra, Asnawi Bahar, said on Tuesday that the group of Australian tourists would come later this month.",
        "content": "<p>Australians to visit West Sumatra<\/p>\n<p>PADANG, West Sumatra: Despite the heightened security in the<br>\ncountry following the Bali bombing, around 100 Australian<br>\ntourists are not going to cancel their travel plans to the<br>\nprovince.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian Travel Agents' Association (Asita) chairman in West<br>\nSumatra, Asnawi Bahar, said on Tuesday that the group of<br>\nAustralian tourists would come later this month.<\/p>\n<p>\"They will stay on Mentawai island for two weeks for a holiday<br>\nand to enjoy the surfing there,\" Asnawi said<\/p>\n<p>He admitted, however, that a number of foreign tourists had<br>\ncut short their visits to the province following Saturday's<br>\nblasts in Bali.<\/p>\n<p>There were some 300 foreigners vacationing in the province,<br>\nmostly in Mentawai and Bukittinggi, Asnawi said.<\/p>\n<p>Mentawai has become a favorite surfing destination for foreign<br>\ntourists, mostly Australians. The surfing season lasts from May<br>\nto October.<\/p>\n<p>Asnawi said Asita in West Sumatra had asked the local<br>\nadministration to step up security measures following the bomb<br>\nattacks in Bali which left over 180 people killed. -- JP<\/p>",
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