Jakarta no longer needs promotion

Jakarta no longer needs promotion

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration feels there is no need for Jakarta to organize promotional campaigns aimed at attracting both domestic and foreign tourists to the capital, an official said.

Pujo Basuki, head of the city's post, telecommunications and tourism office, said in Bandar Lampung over the weekend that even without promotional campaigns, it was recorded that every year tens of thousands of people visit Jakarta and are intending to settle in the capital, Antara reported.

He was in Bandar Lampung to attend a meeting being held to find ways to attract foreign tourists to Indonesia.

Pujo pointed out that Jakarta's tourism program is encouraging tourists visiting the capital to also visit other places in Indonesia.

He stressed that Jakarta would continue to improve tourist sites available in the city and its surrounding areas, including, Bekasi, Tangerang and Bogor, as well as to boost efforts to preserve the ancient and traditional Betawi culture.

"It is very unique and interesting that in such a metropolis as Jakarta, there are still places which continue to preserve the ancient arts and culture of old Jakarta, which are not being made extinct, despite tremendous onslaughts of modern cultural values coming from foreign countries," Pujo noted. (bas)