Indonesia and Australia sign tourism pact

Indonesia and Australia sign tourism pact

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Australia signed a cooperation
agreement yesterday to boost human resources development in both
countries' tourist industries.

The agreement, effective for five years, was signed by the
chairman of the Sectoral National Body for Hotels and Restaurants
and the National Council for Vocational Education, Pontjo Sutowo;
chairman of the National Council for Education and Training in
Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, Willem Ch. Pangkerego; and
chief executive officer of Tourism Training Australia, Bill
Galvin.

Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave, who
witnessed the signing together with visiting Australian Minister
for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs Amanda
Vanstone, said that the cooperation is aimed at developing and
implementing a fully integrated vocational education and training
system for the hospitality and tourist industry in Indonesia.

The parties involving in the cooperation are also proposing to
pursue the development of a project implementation plan which
will include the initial phase of a pilot project to test
operational requirements and better define the scope of the
future work program. (icn)