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        "id": 1065950,
        "msgid": "tourism-potential-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-07-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Tourism potential",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Tourism potential By opening the Bintan tourist resort the Indonesian government has acknowledged tourism as having major foreign exchange potential. The government hopes to have 11 million tourists visit Indonesia in 2005, earning US$15 billion. The income is expected to improve the people's welfare through the creation of jobs. To achieve this target the government should support and intensify efforts to make Indonesia the first-choice destination in Asia.",
        "content": "<p>Tourism potential<\/p>\n<p>By opening the Bintan tourist resort the Indonesian government<br>\nhas acknowledged tourism as having major foreign exchange<br>\npotential. The government hopes to have 11 million tourists visit<br>\nIndonesia in 2005, earning US$15 billion. The income is expected<br>\nto improve the people's welfare through the creation of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this target the government should support and<br>\nintensify efforts to make Indonesia the first-choice destination<br>\nin Asia. Complete tourist information would be a beginning.<br>\nAttractive brochures should be made available in all Indonesian<br>\nembassies abroad coupled with information on the availability of<br>\ngood and convenient transport and hotel accommodations. Each<br>\nprovince should also clean up their towns.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta's city administration should set up more parks, arts<br>\ncenters and have a second landmark after the national monument.<br>\nLike Lombard Street in San Francisco, Jakarta could have a scenic<br>\nroad with a variety of flowers and plants unique to Indonesia.<br>\nThere should be statues, preferably ones that refer to such great<br>\nepics as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The first Mahabharata<br>\nstatue could be placed at Soekarno-Hatta airport, another episode<br>\nat Grogol and the last part of the story might take place in<br>\nTaman Mini. We have already have one artistic work from the<br>\nMahabharata -- the Arjuna Wijaya (Victorious Arjuna) at the end<br>\nof Jl. Merdeka Barat, in front of the Indosat building.<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta administration's plan to develop northern Jakarta<br>\n-- the fish market, Glodok and its surroundings -- into a<br>\n\"Jakarta of the Past\" tourist spot is laudable and feasible. This<br>\narea will offer a number of ancient buildings bequeathed by the<br>\ncolonialists. To this we should add proper and well-designed<br>\nrestaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Every Jakartan has high expectations for this ever growing<br>\ncity.<\/p>\n<p>HENDRIK SETIAWAN<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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