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)