NZ minister due here

NZ minister due here

JAKARTA (JP): New Zealand Minister for Tourism John Banks is
due to arrive here today for a one day visit to explore ways of
increasing cooperation with Indonesia in the tourist sector.

The New Zealand embassy announced here yesterday that the
minister, who will be accompanied by the chief executive of the
New Zealand Tourism Board, Ian Kean, will meet with Indonesian
Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave.

Banks, who is on his way back to New Zealand from his visits
to Canada and China, will also meet with several executives of
Garuda Indonesia and host a luncheon for senior business
executives of the tourist industry.

In the last 12 months, the number of New Zealanders visiting
Indonesia increased by 16 percent to 30,000 over the figure for
last year, while the number of Indonesians visiting New Zealand
rose 35 percent to 10,000.

New Zealand will host the 1995 Pacific Area Travel Association
(PATA) conference in Auckland. PATA is now chaired by Joop. (05)