World's longest market to open

YOGYAKARTA: The world's longest market stretching some 23 kilometers is set to open on Tuesday (today) along the main road of the Kulongprogo regency in Yogyakarta.

The non government organization Fortuna in cooperation with the Kulongprogo administration said that it wanted to present the world's longest market to promote local various products.

"Through this event we want to promote handicraft products, agricultural commodities and other various local made products," said a member of the market's organizing committee Hermanto on Monday.

He said the market would open for 17 days starting Tuesday.

Local vendors and those from outside the regency were free to join and display their products at the designated areas along the road, Hermanto said.

The market would start from the Bantar bridge in the Sentolo district and end in the district of Temon, covering a distance of 23 kilometers. -- Antara