Radio to support tourism

Radio to support tourism

JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Radio Communications Users (RAPI) will support the development of the country's tourist industry by installing radio rigs at remote tourism destinations.

"We will soon contact local offices of the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications throughout the country to find out which areas need such devices," the association's chairman, Eddy M. Nalapraya, told reporters here yesterday.

Eddy, a former deputy Jakarta governor, was yesterday officially inaugurated as RAPI's chairman by Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave, together with other executives.

"I will firstly inform RAPI executives at provinces that Minister Joop has asked the association to support the tourism industry," he said.

Joop said in his speech that there are many potential tourist destinations in the country which have no telephone facilities.

"Radio communications will absolutely be of help for tourists visiting such areas," he said.

Eddy also said that RAPI will review its membership as there are many users who are not registered at the organization.

The chairman of RAPI's Jakarta chapter, Dharma Nasution, said that there are currently about 50,000 users of radio communications but only 9,000 of them are registered. (icn)