Tourist promotion via Internet

Tourist promotion via Internet

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The province's tourist
attractions will soon be promoted via the Internet, local tourist
office chief Rachmad said here over the weekend.

"The Internet, apart from being less expensive, can provide
fast and complete information worldwide," he said, adding that
the province's tourist promotion campaign was now limited to the
Asia Pacific.

Last year, 227,453 foreign tourists and 164,904 local tourists
visited the province. He said that by the turn of the century,
the province was expected to receive about 500,000 tourists a
year. (swe)