PATA talks<\/p>\n
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will organize
\nseparate meetings with its senior members, youth leaders and
\nsenior journalists to seek input for the group's development to
\nadjust itself with rapid changes in the world.<\/p>\n
PATA's chairman, Joop Ave (right), who is also Indonesia's
\nMinister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, told reporters
\nprior to a meeting of PATA's senior members here yesterday that
\ngathering input from the three sources are important for PATA to
\nget fresh ideas.<\/p>\n
The senior members attending yesterday's meeting included four
\nformer chairmen of PATA -- (from left to right) Tungku Iskandar
\nfrom Malaysia, Paul J. Casey from Australia, Kiyomi Sugahara from
\nJapan and John S. Rowe from Australia. The meeting was also
\nattended by Renton de Alwis, PATA Asia's vice president.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old PATA currently has 16,000 individual members
\nand 2,000 organizational members which include countries, travel
\nagencies, air carriers, hotels and restaurants.<\/p>\n
Indonesia last year gained revenues of US$3.99 billion from
\n3.4 million foreign visitors. The number of tourists visiting
\nIndonesia is expected this year to reach 3.88 million, who will
\nlikely spend $5.4 billion during their stays. (09)<\/p>",
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