Denpasar - The
Travel Minister Arief Yahya inaugurates Markplus Center for Tourism and
Hospitality in Bali. Former Managing Director of PT Telkom admitted was quite
enthusiastic about the launch of the tourism industry.
"This
is a business development, especially welcome for the tourist industry,"
he said at the Hotel Berry Biz, Jl Sunset Road, Kuta, Bali, Saturday
(11/08/2014) afternoon.
According to
him, the inauguration is in line with the targets which will reach 20 million tourists
in 2019 will present Indonesia. This first step, recognition, as well as the
fulfillment of the targets of President Joko Widodo.
"Our
target is hard. But it must be done. So, we asked help for the ministry of
tourism businesses in realizing it," he said.
In fact,
when compared with neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Thailand,
Indonesia is still below the two countries, in terms of the number of countries
of origin of foreign tourists. Thailand has about 150 foreign tourists visiting
the country, Malaysia's 50 states, while Indonesia only 15 countries.
"Though they are not as big as the state
of Indonesia. And actually we are not inferior to the neighboring countries,"
he said.
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