Sulawesi joins tourism mart

Sulawesi joins tourism mart

UJUNGPANDANG, S. Sulawesi (Antara): South Sulawesi will take
part in world tourism forums in Malaysia and France early next
year, a local official said over the weekend.

Erwin Mansoer, the head of South Sulawesi's office of tourism,
post and telecommunications said the forums were the ASEAN
Tourism Forum in Malaysia in January, 1997, and the Sail Mandel
in France in March, 1997.

Mansoer said the province's hoped to attract more foreign
tourists.

Mansoer said the number of Malaysian visitors was increasing
because of better facilities, including direct flights between
Kuala Lumpur and Ujungpandang.

He said France was one of South Sulawesi's main tourist
markets and most other foreign tourists were from Western
European countries.

The local office, in cooperation with the private sector, has
intensified tourism promotion to its main markets in Europe and
was also trying to develop new markets in Asia and the Pacific,
he said.

The province was diversifying its tourism products, developing
its tourist attractions and improving tourism services, he said.