JAS to serve Manado

JAS to serve Manado

JAKARTA (JP): Japan Air System (JAS) is scheduled to open a
new service route in April linking Nagoya in Japan with Manado in
North Sulawesi and Denpasar in Bali, a tourism official said.

The head of the North Sulawesi Tourism Office in Manado, I
Wayan Lasia, said yesterday that the new service is part of the
government's efforts to develop the Manado airport of Sam
Ratulangi as a major international gateway to Indonesia's eastern
provinces.

JAS will conduct a promotional flight service from Nagoya to
Manado next week.

"Tour operators and travel writers will join the flight and
stay in North Sulawesi for four days," he was quoted by Antara as
saying.

Some 35,000 foreign tourists and 600,000 local tourists
visited the province last year, according to Lasia.(13)