100 packagers to attend TIM

JAKARTA (JP): Almost 100 international travel packagers have confirmed their attendance at the first Tourism Indonesia Mart (TIM) which will be held in Jakarta from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3.

Managing Director of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI) Wuryastuti Sunario said here yesterday that the mart, slated to become a major annual event, is designed to match some 200 domestic travel industry suppliers with top foreign tour operators and other buyers in at least 24 one-to-one meetings.

Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto is scheduled to open the mart which will be held at Jakarta Convention Center.

She also said that the five-day event was organized by a committee comprising BPPI, the national air carrier Garuda Indonesia, Pacific-Asia Travel Association (PATA) Indonesia chapter, the Association of Indonesian Travel Agencies (Asita), Directorate General of Tourism and the city's municipal administration.(icn)