New hotels in N. Sumatra

New hotels in N. Sumatra

MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Coordinating Minister for Industry
and Trade Hartarto inaugurated 10 projects on Thursday, all of
which dealt with the hotel, postal and telecommunications
businesses.

The projects were built with a total investment of Rp 46
billion (US$21.42 million.)

The facilities include four, star-rated hotels, three post
offices and three automatic telecommunication centers.

The operation of the new hotels brought number of star-rated
hotels in North Sumatra to 48 with a total of 3,896 rooms.

The new hotels include Sumatra Village Resort in Medan,
Niagara Hotel in Prapat, Sinabung Hotel in Brastagi and
Perbinapuri in Pematang Siantar.

Hartarto said the number of tourist arrivals in Medan
increased by 10.14 percent per annum during the last five years,
which was less than half of the 22.3 percent increase throughout
the country.

The opening ceremony was also attended by Minister of Tourism,
Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave and Minister of
Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto. (rmn/icn)