Foreign exhibitors shun RI

Foreign exhibitors shun RI

JAKARTA (JP): Foreign exhibition organizers are reluctant to
hold exhibitions in Indonesia due to uncertainty about the
country's situation, Herman Wiriadipoera head of the Association
of Indonesian Exhibitor Companies (ASPERAPI) said on Saturday.

Instability in the past two years has contributed to an 80
percent drop in the exhibition business, he said, adding that
most foreign exhibitors canceled their displays, some of which
had been planned up to two years before, because of fears of
possible social unrest and security problems.

He said that most of the exhibitions held in the country in
the last two years were displaying electronics and household
products.

" Out of the 75 exhibitions planned in Jakarta this year,
international companies took part in only 15 of them," he
said. (06)