Overseas travel reps visit city

Overseas travel reps visit city

YOGYAKARTA: With a mission to promote Yogyakarta to South Africa,
envoys of South African Dikon Travel and Bluemoon Travel visited
last week Santika Jogja Hotel on Jl. Sudirman for an inspection.

The hotel's public relations officer Erma Wheny H said
officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accompanied the
delegates.

"They said they wanted to make sure that Yogyakarta was a safe
place to visit," Wheny said.

Such a visit, according to Wheny, was important, especially as
many foreign tourists often had completely wrong information
about Yogyakarta and the country in general.

"They thought Yogyakarta was near conflict-torn areas and
therefore not safe to visit," she said. --JP