Tourism Minister Urges Regional Administrations to Be More Consistent in Developing Tourism
Jakarta. Tourism Minister Arief Yahya encouraged regional administrations to be more committed in developing tourism in their own regions during a speech at the National Tourism Coordination Meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday (26/09).
According to Arief, regional administrations still tend to be inconsistent with their scheduling of events. The minister stressed that regular events have more chance to attract visitors.
"You can't reschedule an event just because the district head or the mayor can't attend it," Arief said.
The minister also suggested that more money should be spent on promotion, even at the expense of the activities themselves.
"We don't hold these events just for us, but also to bring in tourists," the minister said.
Arief said these shortcomings have to be overcome soon if Indonesia is to reach its target of attracting 20 million international visitors by 2019.
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