Tourism fair highlights E. Java

SURABAYA: The tourism fair currently being held in East Java's capital of Surabaya, attracted 51 tour operators, including 35 international operators, the organizer said.

The 35 international tour operators participating in the Majapahat Trade Fair came from the United States (4), the Netherlands (3), Taiwan (16), the Philippines (1), Middle East (10) and Russia, the province's head of tourism division Harun said on Thursday.

The fair, which was opened on Thursday and will last through Sept. 8.

Entitled "East Java as an Overland Destination", the fair mostly offer tourism packages in East Java. -- JP