Jakarta Fair aims for 2.5m visitors

Jakarta Fair aims for 2.5m visitors

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Fair organizers said on Tuesday that they
hoped to attract 2.5 million visitors to the fair this year.

Chairperson Siti Hartati Murdaya told President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono during a meeting that the organizers were also aiming
at securing Rp 389 billion in transactions.

Total transaction value at last year's event was Rp 300
billion, while total visitor numbers stood at 2.3 million, many
of whom were potential buyers, she said.

The annual fair is part of series of events being held to celebrate
Jakarta's official 478th anniversary, which falls on June 22. The month-
long event will be held from June 16 to July 17 at the Jakarta
Fairground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

Governor Sutiyoso, who accompanied Siti Hartati, said that
this year's fair would also be participated in by a number of
foreign companies. "Of the 380 companies that have applied to
participate, some of them are foreign companies."

Quoting Susilo, the governor told reporters that the President
had asked his ministers to visit the fair.

"The President said that he would encourage his ministers to
visit the Jakarta Fair and spend their money there," he said.--JP