Ecotourism meeting

Ecotourism meeting

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The 10th meeting of the environmental
commission of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) will be held
here from Nov. 12 to Nov. 14, Antara reported yesterday.

Head of the provincial tourist office HA Suprijadi said
Thursday 150 delegates from at least 133 WTO member countries
would attend the meeting.

The commission's eighth meeting, held in Cairo, Egypt in 1995
appointed Indonesia's director general for tourism, post and
telecommunications, Andi Mappisameng, to chair the commission for
the 1995-1997 period.

In its ninth meeting in Tunisia last year, the commission
appointed Indonesia to host its 10th meeting this year.

The government has chosen Lampung as the site for the
commission's 10th meeting because the province is intensifying
its tourist industry by promoting worldwide the Krakatau area in
the Sunda Straits as well as adventure tourism in Kalianda. (swe)