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Monday, May 31,
2010 12:27 WIB | National |
London (ANTARA News) - The reentry of flag carrier Garuda
Indonesia into Europe via Dubai is expected to help improve economic
and trade cooperation between Indonesia and Dubai.
Indonesian Consul General in Dubai, Mansyur Pangeran told Antara
here on Monday that Garuda would help improve the cooperation of
business makers as well as exports and imports between the two
countries.
Mansyur said the reentry of Garuda aircraft into Europe via Dubai, a
major city in the United Arab Emirates, would be a good momentum to
make the city a hub of important global economic activities at
present and in the future.
Dubbed "The Fastest Growing City on Earth," Dubai has been the
center of business, finance, investment, and trade in the Middle
East.
With its population of more than 1.8 million people including
Indonesian migrant workers, Dubai will be a potential market of
Garuda, Mansyur said.
He added that all Indonesians in Dubai positively welcomed the
reentry of Garuda aircraft into Europe via Dubai which is planned to
start on Tuesday, June 1, 2010.
Therefore, Mansyur said the Indonesian Embassy in Dubai would
continue to promote and introduce Garuda to business players in the
city.
In addition, the Indonesian community in Dubai and its vicinity will
be encouraged to fly Garuda.
Garuda Indonesia jetliner Airbus A330-200 with the flight number
GA-088 will fly over the Jakarta-Dubai-Amsterdam route everyday
starting from June 1, 2010 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, senior General Manager for Asia, Europe and the Middle
East Iswandi Said stated that preparations had already been made
several months ago including the opening of a Garuda Indonesia
office at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, last
January manned by 14 employees including five station managers,
three ticketing and reservation personnel, and four staff members.
Sixty percent of the seating capacity of the Amsterdam-Jakarta
flight in June had been booked, and for July, 89 percent of the
seats had been booked.
The flights from both points (Netherlands and Indonesia) will
conduct a technical a stop over in Dubai for an hour for refuelling
and the boarding of passengers from Dubai under Garuda`s 5th freedom
flying rights for taking passengers in Dubai.
The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta | Wed, 05/26/2010
Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono and first lady Ani Yudhoyono arrived in Oslo, Norway on
Wednesday morning local time, noon Jakarta time, for a three-day
visit to attend climate change and forestry meetings.
The presidential entourage was welcomed by Royal Norwegian
Ambassador to Indonesia Eivind S. Homme and Indonesian Ambassador to
Norway Esti Andaya.
The President is scheduled to be present at the Oslo Climate and
Forest Conference, which will be attended by representatives of some
50 countries, for the next two days.
Yudhoyono will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
and they plan to sign a letter of intent for partnership in the
forestry sector.
Saturday, May 22,
2010 05:43 WIB | Economic & Business | | Viewed 307 time(s)
Batam, Riau
Islands (ANTARA News) - The Masela Gas and oil Refinery being built
in the Timor Sea will be the largest of its kind in the world, an
energy official said.
"The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BP Migas) is building the
largest floating oil and gas refinery in the world. It is located in
the Masela Block in the Timor Sea," said BP Migas Chief R Priyono
here Friday.
The Masela refinery was being constructed with huge investment
figures. Its platform would cost 600-800 million US dollars and the
refinery itself 8-9 billion US dollars, he said.
The refinery would be operated by Inpex Masela Ltd with liquefied
natural gas (LNG) production to begin by 2016 at a rate of 4.5
million tons per year.
Priyono said the Masela block held gas reserves of 8.5 trillion
cubic feet which were estimated to last up to 47 years.
The offshore refinery was being constructed using the integrated
upstream pattern, starting from the gas well drilling to the
floating LNG refinery.
Inpex is a Japanese company holding a 100-percent participating
interest in the project.
The contract on development of the Masela Block was signed by the
government and Inpex on November 16, 1998. (*)
Jakarta (ANTARA
News) - Indonesia`s strategic priorities for fisheries research
partnerships with Australia was established at consultations here on
Tuesday with representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Marine
Affairs and Fisheries.
According to an Australian Embassy media release made available to
Antara on Tuesday, Indonesia`s fisheries sector played an important
role in the Indonesian economy and contributes to national food
security, income, employment generation and foreign exchange
earnings.
As neighbors, Indonesia and Australia share many interests including
shared fish stocks (such as tuna, snapper and sharks), similar
resource management challenges and a common marine border in the
Timor and Arafura seas.
Under the Australia Indonesia Partnership, the Australian Government
is currently investing A$10 million in fisheries research and
development projects through the Australian Center for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
ACIAR projects in Indonesia are developed and implemented in
partnership with the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.
Highlights of the success of this partnership can be seen in:
rehabilitated shrimp farms in Aceh; better management of shrimp,
crab and fish farms in eastern Indonesia; and more effective
monitoring and management of shared fish stocks.
ACIAR is seeking new research ideas on aquaculture and capture
fisheries that will help secure practical outcomes and higher
incomes for farming and fishing communities in Indonesia.
The research partnership is supported by capacity building
initiatives including study and research opportunities for
Indonesians in Australia under the Australia Awards.
Each year, Australia provides more than 300 scholarships for
researchers and professionals to undertake study and research in
Australia, including in the field of sustainable fisheries
management and aquaculture production.(*)
Monday, May 17,
2010 03:24 WIB | Economic & Business | | Viewed 349 time(s)
Jakarta (ANTARA
News) –
State Enterprises
Minister Mustafa Abubakar said that state-owned oil firm Pertamina
was able to increase its oil and gas lifting from 182,000 barrels
per day (bpd) to 200,000 bpd by maximizing its existing oil and gas
fields.
"I hope that Pertamina would maximize the production of Cepu field
which so far has not yet been fully exploited," the minister said
here on Sunday.
The minister said he had asked the board of commissioners of
Pertamina to make efforts so that Pertamina would be able to meet
its production target.
He said that he had not yet received any report even if he had just
had an audience with Pertamina commissioners. They had not yet
talked about liquefied petroleum gas. They had talked about lifting.
Increasing gas lifting would depend on the operations of gas
receiving terminals.
Pertamina and state-owned gas distributor firm PGN were asked to
cooperate in managing the Arun gas stock tanks.
He did not provide details on funds needed for that purposes.
"What is certain is that a big fund would be needed. Pertamina has
enough funds for the development of the upstream sector," the
minister said.
Pertamina has allocated capital expenditure for 2010 amounting to
Rp39 trillion, or a sharp increase of 56.4 percent from that in 2009
which stood at Rp22 trillion.
The increase in the capital expenditure is to support the increase
in the number of new projects owned by Pertamina and the plan to
develop new refinery plants.
Of the Rp39 trillion, 70 percent would be used for activities in the
upstream sector, the remaining 30 percent would be allocated for
down stream activities.
Mustafa said that in order to finance capital expenditure, the
government was planning to issue bonds and ask for loans for working
capital to boost oil production.
"So far, Pertamina`s oil lifting reached 182,000 bpd and is expected
to increase to 200,000 bpd," the minister said. (*)
Saturday, May 15,
2010 11:29 WIB | National | | Viewed 482 time(s)
Jakarta (ANTARA
News) - The Indonesian government is making preparations for United
States President Barack Obama`s planned visit to Indonesia in June
this year.
Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah in a press
statement said on Friday that although there was no certain schedule
of Obama`s visit, the government has made preparations for the visit
either in the middle or at the end of June.
Faizasyah said that although the White House had yet to issue a
fixed date for Obama`s visit, the government had made the necessary
preparations for the visit.
Obama was expected to arrive in Jakarta on March 23 for a three-day
visit, later than it was initially scheduled on March 18, 2010, but
later delayed to June 2010.
His visit to Indonesia, Australia, and Guam had been delayed because
he had to stay in Washington for an expected tight vote in the US
House of Representatives on a controversial health care reform bill.
The March delay in the visit to Indonesia, where Obama had spent
three years as a young lad, came as no surprise because the then
presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said that even before the
postponement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had suggested the
visit be delayed until June.
At that time Dino said the postponement was understandable because
it was due to political necessity, because it was important to
President Obama that Indonesia was an important country and there
was a strong commitment to launch a comprehensive partnership.
"We`re glad as from the beginning it was President Yudhoyono`s
preference ... so that the visit is conducted without political
rush. We want the visit to be a 100 percent success, where Obama can
fully focus on Indonesia-US bilateral relations," the presidential
spokesman said at the time.(*)
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Monday, May 10,
2010 20:01 WIB | National | | Viewed 447 time(s)
Jakarta (ANTARA
News) –
The navies of
five countries are to join "Operation Surya Baskara Jaya", a free
health services provision program, in conjunction with the "Sail
Banda 2010" international marine event in Maluku, a senior
government official said.
"The navies of the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore,
and Malaysia will participate in the Surya Baskara Jaya health
services operation as part of the international marine event, Sail
Banda 2010," secretary to the coordinating minister for people`s
welfare, Indroyono Susilo, said here on Monday.
He said the United States would send its naval floating hospital, "USNS
Mercy T-AH-19" , to particpate in the Surya Baksara Jaya operation
while the four other countries would also send naval ships to Maluku
for the operation.
"During the operation, the USNS Mercy T-AH-19, with 956 medical
personnel and doctors on board, will move from the north of Maluku
all the way to its south making stop-overs at a number of islands
along the route to give free health services to the local
populations," Indroyono said, adding that during its mission, the US
hospital ship would be assisted by the Indonesian Navy`s "KRI Dr
Soeharso."
On Ambon island itself, the free health services would be given at
seven vilages
Meanwhile, Sail Banda 2010 local committee chairman Cak Saimima said
in Ambon recently that the free health services operation would be
conducted in conjunction with the international marine event in the
province.
"A similar program as part of Sail Banda 2010 will also be conducted
in Banda Neira, Central Maluku district at the same time," Cak
Saimima said.
He said the health operation activity using a floating hospital
would be conducted at Mamala, Morella, Liang, Waai, Tulehu, Passo,
and Hutumuri villages on the island of Ambon.
Technically and aesthetically, the 273-meter long USNS MERCY T-AH19
with 955 medical personnel and doctors was arguably the most
sophisticated vessel in its class but during the operation in Maluku
it would be assisted by the Indonesian Navy`s KRI Dr Soeharso.
Saimima said that the Sailing Medical Services (SMS) program would
also help the people in the districts of Buru Selatan, West
Southeast Maluku (MTB), and Southwest Maluku (MBD) from April to
August 2010.
The floating hospital`s operations would be coordinated by the
health ministry assisted by the Maluku health office and so would be
the target areas of the Surya Baksara Jaya operation program.(*)
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The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta | Wed, 05/05/2010 10:28 AM | Headlines
World Bank
president Robert B. Zoellick has announced the appointment of
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as managing
director of the World Bank Group.
“She has been an outstanding finance minister, with in-depth
knowledge of both development issues and the role of the World Bank
Group,” Zoellick stated in a press release.
“As a member of the senior team she will play a key role in helping
to lead the bank as we move to strengthen client support, implement
our reform program, and anticipate future challenges,” he said
Sri Mulyani will start June 1 as one of the Washington-based bank’s
three managing directors, the highest rank under Zoellick.
Mulyani, according to the press release, accepted the appointment,
saying: “It is a great honor for me and for my country to have this
opportunity to contribute to the very important mission of the bank
in changing the world".
The appointment follows an international search process. Mulyani,
47, will replace Juan Jose Daboub, who will complete his four-year
term June 30, overseeing 74 nations in Latin America, the Caribbean,
East Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, the
bank said. Daboub is a former El Salvador finance minister.
Mulyani and Vice President Boediono have been the target of an
opposition campaign accusing them of abusing their authority during
the Rp 6.7 trillion ($740 million) bailout of Bank Century in 2008.
The
Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 03/31/2010 8:59 AM | Business
Indonesia is now one of the “new horizons” for foreign companies in
China planning to relocate plants inland or outside the country
because of rising labor and logistics costs, a survey by the
American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai showed.
The proportion of
companies with such plans doubled last year compared with 2008,
AmCham Shanghai said Tuesday as quoted by Bloomberg.
The survey was
conducted in December with 202 foreign-invested manufacturers in
China with a combined total of 1,500 factories.
Southwest or
central Chinese cities such as Chongqing, Wuhan and Zhengzhou, and
emerging Asian economies including India, Vietnam and Indonesia are
“new horizons” for their lower-cost, export-driven operations,
AmCham Shanghai said.
Multinational
corporations still prefer China in order to benefit from the
nation’s rapid expansion, the survey said.
“China was one of
the few profitable regions for many multinationals in 2009, clearly
demonstrating the China market’s importance to company growth
prospects,” AmCham Shanghai said in a statement.
About 83 percent
of those surveyed said their operations in China are to supply the
local market, compared with 71 percent two years ago, according to
the survey.
Chinese Prime
Minister Wen Jiabao is scheduled to visit Jakarta on April 23, where
he will discuss how to enhance Chinese investment in the country.
Wen’s visit is part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of
China-Indonesia relations.
Industry Minister
Mohammad Hidayat said the Indonesian government would use the
opportunity to court Beijing’s support for more investment by
Chinese companies in the country.
Unlike
cooperation in trade, cooperation in investment with China,
especially in manufacturing industry, is still something that needs
to be worked on, Hidayat said.
With the full
implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA)
earlier this year, the government effectively has scrapped 6,682
tariff lines in 17 sectors, including 12 in the manufacturing sector
and five others in the agriculture, mining, maritime sectors.
Similarly
Indonesia will enjoy zero duties in China on its exports, most of
which are raw materials, unlike Chinese exports which are mostly
manufactured products.
The agreement has
become a major source of contention among some business leaders in
Indonesia, who have called for a revision of the agreement or a
delay in the implementation of some of its trade provisions to
protect local industries.
China’s Ambassador to Indonesia Zhang Qiyue said recently that
Indonesia is lagging behind other members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in making use of the financing
facilities that are made available under the umbrella of the ACFTA.
She said that
unless Indonesia started to snap up some of the financing facilities
provided by China, these facilities would quickly be exhausted by
other ASEAN countries making more effective use of them.
The agreement
should not be seen only in terms of Indonesia versus China, but also
in terms of competition between members of ASEAN, Zhang said
Thursday.
Aditya Suharmoko , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |
Wed, 02/17/2010 1:14 PM | Business
Indonesia
will host an Asia-Pacific ministerial conference from Apr. 14 to
Apr.17, offering infrastructure projects worth at least US$5
billion, officials say.
The 2010 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Public-Private
Partnerships (PPP) for Infrastructure Development will be held at
the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta,
supported by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific, in association with the World Bank and the
Asian Development Bank.
"We estimate $5 billion worth of projects can be marketed," Bastary
Panji Indra, director of PPP development at the National Development
Planning Agency (Bappenas), said Wednesday.
The projects include the construction of a power plant in Pemalang
in Central Java and a railway network in Central Kalimantan, he
said.
Dedy S. Priatna, deputy of infrastructure at Bappenas, said
Indonesia needs Rp 450 trillion ($48.6 billion) between 2010 and
2014 from the PPP to speed up the development of infrastructure
projects.
Antara
, Jakarta | Tue, 01/26/2010 9:38 PM | National
Indonesia is scheduled to hold an international Muslim conference on
climate change in Bogor, West Java, from March 1 to March 2, 2010.
Head of the
conference's steering committee Ismid Hadad told a press conference
in Jakarta on Tuesday that the Muslim conference would be a
continuation of the declaration of the Muslim Seven-Year Action Plan
for Climate Change concluded in Istanbul, Turkey, in June last year.
Ismid, who is
also the chairman of the patronage council of Kehati Foundation,
said there would be three items to be discussed at the conference,
including climate change issue and what Muslims can do, Antara news
agency reported.
The second item
will be the plan to establish a Muslim Association for Climate
Change Action (Macca), which is expected to become an umbrella
organization for the implementation of the action plans in various
Muslim countries around the world.
The third item
will be the declaration of four cities in the Muslim countries as
green cities or “Al Khaer City”, which will also include Bogor. The
other three will be Madinah (Arab Saudi), Salleh (Morocco) and Sanaa
(Yemen).
Up to 150
environmental experts, scientists and elemas have been invited to
the conference from 30 Muslim countries including the United Arab
Emirates, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, African countries, Saudi
Arabia, Iran, Kuwait and Egypt.
Andi
Hajramurni
, The Jakarta Post , Makassar, South Sulawesi | Wed, 12/09/2009
10:03 PM | Business
The government
has increased measures to meet its target of catapulting the country
to the top fish producer in the world in the coming six years.
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad said
Wednesday, however, the achievement would require a change in the
development program’s orientation from land to marine.
Fadel said Indonesia’s abundant fishery and maritime potential
should be converted into huge foreign exchange reserves so the
sector became the backbone of the country’s economy.
“We have projected that the country will emerge as the world’s
biggest fish producer in 2015,” Fadel told a ceremony that marked
the celebration of Nusantara (archipelago) Day in Makassar.
Fadel said the government expected the event to kick-start a new
development strategy that relied on maritime resources.
“Fishermen and coastal-area residents have been part of the most
impoverished and marginalized population despite maritime resource,”
he said. “We want to change this.”
Also attending the ceremony was Coordinating Minister for People’s
Welfare Agung Laksono and former fisheries minister Rokhmin Dahuri.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to lead the
celebration, but canceled due to another appointment.
Nani Afrida , The Jakarta Post , Nusa Dua, Bali
| Thu, 12/03/2009 9:56 AM | Business
A planned
large-scale commercial farming or food estate project in Merauke,
Papua, is expected to trigger fresh investment of up to Rp 50
trillion (about US$5.3 billion) in the area in the next five years.
However,
Agriculture Deputy Minister Bayu Krisnamurti said on Wednesday that
they would have to build basic and supporting infrastructure first
before it could actually attract investors.
“We have to build
public infrastructure first to attract investors,” Bayu told
reporters after the opening ceremony of Indonesia Palm Oil
Conference (IPOC) in Nusa Dua.
According to Bayu
the government has estimated that between Rp 2.5 and Rp 3 trillion
is needed to build the required supporting infrastructure in Merauke.
“We have tried to
find some funds for the food estate project,” he said, adding that
the government was also seeking cooperation with international
donors such as the ADB.
Several giant
companies including Medco, Artha Graha and Sinar Mas have also
expressed interest in investing in the Merauke project.
“This is a big
project. We expect that after the basic infrastructure is ready,
investors will come to the area and build more facilities, including
ports,” Bayu said.
Commercial food
estates are actually rare in Indonesia, as crops such as rice, corn
and soybeans are usually grown by small scale farmers on plots of
two hectares or under.
The government
plans to open up an initial 27,000 hectares of plantation in Merauke.
“We start with
27,000 hectares as the first step. The land will be expanded up to
500,000 hectares out of the available 900,000 hectares of
potentially usable land in the area,” Bayu said, adding that
government would start the project next year.
Saturday, October
24, 2009 03:40 WIB | Economic & Business | | Viewed 418 time(s)
Jakarta (ANTARA
News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has targeted the domestic
economy to grow by seven percent at the end of his second five-year
term in office.
"In the next five years we certainly want to increase our economic
growth. For example, we want to achieve an economic growth of 7
percent or more in 2014 on assumption that the current global
votality will not recur," he said at a cabinet meeting here on
Friday.
If the global financial crisis which started in 2007 did not occur
the domestic economy might grow 7 percent, he said.
But because of the global economic meltdown the government had
revised downward its economic growth target, he said.
"Because of the global economic crisis we have suffered a setback.
In the next five years we want our economy to return to its right
track, to grow 7 percent or more to promote the people`s living
standards," he said.
The president went on to say that in the next five years he also
would encourage the creation of good governance by continuing
bureaucratic reforms.
He also paid attention to evenly distribution of development gains
by emphasizing that all parties and regions had equal rights to
development programs.
He underscored the need for regional governments, particularly
governors, regents and mayors to cooperate with the central
government in implementing development programs.
To that end, the home affairs minister should intensify
communication between the central government and regional
administrations, he said.
Aditya Suharmoko , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta |
Tue, 09/01/2009 4:41 PM | Business
Exports reached
US$9.65 billion in July, a 2.85 percent increase from the previous
month, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced Tuesday.
"Exports have shown a positive trend and have continued to rise in
the past four months," BPS head Rusman Heriawan said at a press
conference.
He added imports also rose to $8.69 billion in July, a 9.48 percent
increase from the previous month.
Erwida
Maulia
, The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 06/02/2009 1:59 PM |
Business
About 180
scientists from over 20 countries will gather in Jakarta next week
to present their latest inventions on renewable energy.
They will attend
the International Workshop on Advanced Material for New and
Renewable Energy (AMNRE) from June 9 to 11, organized jointly by the
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the ASEAN Sub Committee
on Material Science and Technology and the Sub Committee on
Non-Conventional Energy Research.
Scientists having
confirmed their attendance include those from 10 ASEAN countries,
Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Egypt, the Netherlands, France
and the UK.
Chairman of the
AMNRE workshop steering committee, Masbah Rotuante Tagore Siregar of
LIPI, said on Monday that the event was aimed at exchanging ideas on
advanced materials for renewable energy among country participants.
"This will be a
crucial contribution to the finding of solutions for energy problems
as well as for climate change and global warming issues," said
Masbah, also Indonesian representative to the ASEAN Sub Committee on
Material Science and Technology.
"Research and
development are global activities requiring networking among
countries across the globe. The AMNRE workshop is I think the right
event to gather *the results* of research in ASEAN and to obtain
information from developed nations like the Netherlands, France and
Japan," he added.
Masbah said the
development of new and renewable energy would not merely focus on
producing energy itself, but also on producing "zero-pollution" new
energy.
He said LIPI had
been tasked with developing alternative energy as well as advanced
materials by the State Ministry for National Development Planning.
Another LIPI
scientist, Bambang Prihandoko, said LIPI was currently developing -
among other technologies - solar cells, fuel cells, dry lithium
batteries, and hydrogen as alternative energies.
He said Indonesia
had great potential to slowly convert its use of fossil-based energy
to solar energy, yet has only made use a very small proportion of
this potential due to its inability to produce its own silicon
wafers; components for solar cells that are very pricey and
available only through imports.
Trying to catch
up with industrialized countries such as Japan, Germany and the
Netherlands, LIPI is also developing fuel cells, electrochemical
conversion devices producing electricity from fuel.
"Our goal is to
reduce the price of fuel cells. Now it is one-tenth of the price in
the early 2000s, but we're targeting to make it as low as
one-hundredth the 2000s price."
He said LIPI was
trying to develop fuel cells using local materials to reduce
production costs, including replacing the use of platinum for the
wires of electrodes with cheaper materials like aluminum.
Bambang said LIPI
was set to launch a fuel cell vehicle prototype this year.
The Jakarta Post ,
Jakarta | Sat, 06/13/2009 6:26 PM | Business
While the tourism
industry slumps in the rest of Asia, Indonesia recorded a 1.35
percent increase in the number of foreign tourist arrivals between
January and April of this year, an official said Saturday.
According to data from the Tourism and Culture Ministry, 1.89
million foreign tourists visited the country during the first four
months of the year, up by 28,570 from the same period last year.
“The global financial crisis does not affect the tourism industry in
the country,” the ministry’s director general of marketing, Sapta
Nirwandar, told state news agency Antara.
He added the positive trend had given the government renewed
optimism it could meet the 'Visit Indonesia Year 2009' target of
attracting 6.5 million tourists.
Sapta said that in order to meet the target ministry had intensified
sales though print and electronic media promotions, sales of budget
tourism packages, family tourism packages and other promotional
activities.
Domestic tourists also contribute significantly to the industry,
Sapta said. The ministry recorded 117 million domestic tourists who
made an average 1.92 trips last year, spending a total of Rp 123.1
trillion (US$12 billion)
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