Three Indonesian travel bodies launch coordinated effort to woo more Mideast visitors
JAKARTA - Indonesia is stepping up efforts to attract more visitors from the Middle East with the coordinated launch of new tour packages curated by three key industry bodies.
The government hopes the new packages will increase the number of Middle East visitors this year by 12.43 percent to 250,000 from 222,362 last year, Hariyadi Budi Sukamdhani, chairman of the country’s national tourism campaign taskforce under the ministry of tourism told Salaam Gateway.
The packages are curated by the Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (Asita), My Halal Trip Indonesia, and Indonesia Halal Tourism Association (Perhimpunan Pariwisata Halal Indonesia), said Sukamdhani.
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