Perth tour package launched<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia launched yesterday a new tour
\npackage to the Australian city of Perth, in an effort to boost
\ncompetitiveness of its service.<\/p>\n
Garuda Indonesia's general manager for Jakarta, I.H. Susilo,
\ntold a press conference yesterday that Garuda's closest
\ncompetitors running the same route include Sempati Air, Singapore
\nAirlines and Qantas, which fly to Perth through Indonesia three
\nto five times a week.<\/p>\n
Susilo, who was accompanied by the Australian Tourist
\nCommission's regional director for Asia, Greg McAllan, and the
\nWestern Australian Tourism Commission's director for
\ninternational sales and marketing, Rick Thomas, said the package
\nwould include tours to Underwater World & Dolphins, or Mariners
\nCruise and Coach in Freemantle.<\/p>\n
The package, he said, would be introduced through Garuda's
\noffices in Jakarta, Bogor and Bandung, as well as travel agents
\nand sub-agents.<\/p>\n
A total of 130,000 Indonesians are expected to visit Australia
\nthis year, as compared to 105,000 last year. It has been recorded
\nthat Perth is the tourist destination of 27.4 percent of
\nIndonesians visiting Australia, the second after Sydney, at 33.2
\npercent. (pwn)<\/p>",
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