5,000 Japanese tourists to visit RI

5,000 Japanese tourists to visit RI

JAKARTA (JP): The Nagoya-based World Connection Corp. Ltd.
will arrange the visits of some 5,000 Japanese tourists to Bali
and Yogyakarta between September and December this year in
cooperation with an Indonesian company.

Under a contract agreement signed here yesterday by Satoru
Takeo, a director of World Connection, and the general manager of
the Jakarta-based Satriavi Tours & Travel, Johny Sundah, Satriavi
has become the firms exclusive handling agent in Indonesia.

Takeo said that the tourists, who are residents of Chubu, will
occupy 2,000 rooms a night during their vacation.

Satriavi, established in 1974, is an affiliate of PT
Aerowisata, a hotel company which along with Merpati Nusantara
Airlines is a main subsidiary of the country's flag carrier,
Garuda Indonesia. Affiliated hotels and airlines will be used by
the Japanese tourists

Sundah told The Jakarta Post that Indonesia is geographically
too large and culturally too rich for a four-day visit by typical
Japanese tourists.

"The four-day holiday in Japan makes it difficult for the
tourism industry here to offer several destinations and
attractions," Sundah said, adding that four days are only enough
to see an overexposed area like Bali or Yogyakarta.(09)