Jakarta sees more tourists

Jakarta sees more tourists

JAKARTA (JP): The city saw 816,281 foreign tourist arrive in
the January to June period this year, a 29.07 percent increase
from 632,396 tourists in the corresponding period last year.

Head of Jakarta Tourism Agency, Fauzie Bowo, told reporters
yesterday that the tourists visited the city through the
Soekarno-Hatta airport and the Tanjung Priok port.

Some entered the city through the Halim Perdanakusuma airport
as special guests, he said.

Indonesia expects to see between 4.78 million and 5.05 million
tourist arrivals this year, bringing some US$6.57 billion or
$6.94 billion in foreign exchange.

At least 6 million foreign tourists are expected to visit the
country by the end of the current Five-Year Development Plan in
March 1999, spending at least $8.22 billion. Two million of them
are expected to visit the city, spending some $3.9 billion. (icn)