Tourism group holds fun walk

INDONESIA: The Indonesian Tourism Society's (MPI) Jakarta chapter is inviting the public to participate in a mass walk on Sunday, to commemorate World Tourism Day, which fell on Sept. 27.

The walk will start from City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan at 6:30 a.m.

Participants will walk along Jl. Thamrin, encircling the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and finish up at the Office of the State Minister of Tourism and Culture on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat.

Traffic will not be rerouted for the event.

Organizer Herna P. Danuningrat said the walk was among efforts to improve the capital's image following the Sept. 9 bomb attack, and to raise public awareness of the importance of the tourist industry. -- JP