Mon, 17 Sep 2007

TOKYO (Antara): Indonesia again promoted Bali as the famous tourist object with a good security in an international tourism expo organized by the Japan Association Travel Agency (JATA) in Tokyo, Japan.

"To attract more foreign tourists to visit Indonesia, we really want to promote Bali as the most secured tourist destination including a serious effort from local government to contain bird flu," Director General for Marketing Affairs of the Culture and Tourism MinistryThamrin Bachri said Sunday.

Japan itself was one of the main indicators of the international tourism industry, he said.

"With a big number of Japanese tourists flowing to Bali, it will hopefully put Bali back as one of the top-ranking tourist destinations in the world," he said. (***)