Tourists get special welcome

Tourists get special welcome

Foreign tourists who arrived at Soekarno-Hatta international
airport on the 467th anniversary of Jakarta last June 22,
received a special welcome as they disembarked from their planes.

The head of the municipal's tourism office Fauzi Bowo said at
city hall over the weekend that the visitors were treated to
traditional Betawi dancing and were given souvenirs by the Abang
and None Jakarta (Mr. and Mrs. Jakarta).

He revealed that special receptions such as this one will
continue on other occasions in the future.

The number of foreigners entering Jakarta has risen steadily
from 1.02 million in 1992 to 1.10 million in 1993. The number of
domestic tourists entering Jakarta also inched upwards from
nearly eight million in 1992 to 8.28 million last year.(mds)