Tourism to offer work to nearly one million more<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The tourist industry is expected to offer new
\nemployment to nearly one million people during the Sixth Five
\nYear Development Plan (Repelita VI) which began in April.<\/p>\n
\"More than 900,000 people will be needed to work in the
\ntourism-related businesses, especially in the hotel industry,\"
\nthe chief of the research and development board of the Ministry
\nof Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, I Gede Ardika, told
\nreporters here over the weekend after delivering a speech.<\/p>\n
He was speaking at a seminar on Business in Tourism in the
\nYear 2000.<\/p>\n
He said that of the total number of professionals needed to
\nwork in the hotel industry, 65 percent will work as general
\nofficers or operators, 30 percent as supervisors and five percent
\nas managers.<\/p>\n
\"The total employment will include unskilled, semi-skilled,
\nskilled and highly-skilled workers,\" he said, adding that at
\nleast 10 percent of the job seekers would need to have undergone
\nspecific training in hotel management.<\/p>\n
The seminar, which was officially opened by Director General
\nof Tourism Andi Mappi Sammeng, was held by Trisakti Tourism
\nInstitute.<\/p>\n
Andi said that so far, there are about 800,000 people working
\nin the hotel industry, of whom only 252 are expatriates, who are
\nusually chefs and chief cooks.<\/p>\n
\"The hotel industry is growing steadily because about 80
\npercent of foreign visitors stay in star-rated hotels,\" he said,
\nadding that domestic tourists usually prefer to stay in small
\nhostels or relatives' houses.<\/p>\n
The government expects some five to 6.5 million foreign
\nvisitors, bringing in US$8.2 billion to $8.9 billion in foreign
\nexchange per annum by the end of the Repelita VI period. (icn)<\/p>",
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