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)