| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 Travel warning that was spent by several countries was believed in often did not influence the visit of foreign tourists (foreign tourists) to Bali. "Only 10 percent from that really decided to not come because that." It was higher that the person's visit of the business because of his insurance was not cancelled only of his premiums that higher, said ASEAN President Tourism Associations, Elly Hutabarat, in Jakarta, Tuesday. Travel warning, he continued, would increasingly was ignored because at this time the terrorist attacked many cities like London and New York. "If just as the same country could be affected travel warning," said he. Nevertheless, Elly that also represented the Travel PAN acknowledged began to have the cancellation of foreign tourist’s visit from Australia, Japan and Korea around 20 percent. Elly said Culture and Tourism Minister's visit and the businessman in the tourism field to the country that dismissed travel warning after the bali bombing 2002 previously quite effective to return the number of foreign tourist’s visits to Indonesia. "Previously the government asked the businessman to visit countries that dismissed travel warning not for the promotion but as 'HOMEWORK exercise" and that quite influential towards foreign tourist’s visit after him, said Elly.' "Bali distribution point for foreign tourists, after to Bali just they to Makasar, Yogya, and all the rest." The decline in the number of foreign tourists must to Bali influence the aim of the other tour, he explained. To increase foreign tourist’s visit to Indonesia, Elly supported the government proposal to form the Indonesian Promotion Body. "I agreed that, so that the promotion fund is not thrown no use away," said he. In the same opportunity, the expert's staff Culture and Tourism Minister, Wardiyatmo, said the cancellation of foreign tourist’s visit at this time often did not yet happen so also foreign tourists that sped up his visit. He said, during January-August 2005 nationally the number of foreign tourists descended totaling five percent and in Bali the decline happened six percent became approximately 1.4 million foreign tourists. In the meantime, former Culture and Tourism Minister I Gde Ardika also stated his optimism would restoration of foreign tourist’s visit to Indonesia. "I was convinced in Lebaran, Christmas and New Year for domestic tourists will become the turning-point recovered him the tourism industry," he said. | |||
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