Tourism agency holds road shows

Tourism agency holds road shows

JAKARTA: The city administration will continue to focus on
attracting domestic tourists as they had greater potential than
foreign tourists given present circumstances, said Aurora
Tambunan, the head of the city's tourism agency, on Monday.

Therefore, the agency would hold road shows in several cities
across the country, including Medan in North Sumatra, Batam,
Denpasar in Bali, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan and Makassar in
South Sulawesi, to promote Jakarta as a tourist destination.

Aurora said that the number of domestic tourists visiting
Jakarta reached 9 million every year, while the number of foreign
tourists only amounted to 1.3 million.

"We hope that through these road shows people from other
cities across the country will be encouraged to visit the
capital, which offers various kinds of tours, such as shopping
tours, cultural tours and maritime tours, as well as conventions
and a glimpse of the metropolitan lifestyle," she said.

Aurora said that the capital's tourism industry had been
severely hit by bombings in the recent past, including the early
August Marriott blast. However, she said that the industry had
been gradually recovering. --Antara