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Sat, 09/20/2008 - 12:18
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MINISTER JERO WACIK CALLS ON JAPAN TO INVEST IN INDONESIA'S TOURISM SECTOR
Tokyo, Sept 19 (ANTARA) - Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said that there are still so few Japanese businessmen interested in investment in Indonesia's tourism sector although the climate has much improved.
"It's too small if compared to Japanese investment in other sectors like energy and infrastructure," the minister said in Tokyo on Friday after attending the opening of the JATA Travel Fair.
He said the tourism sector was quite prospective, especially in the present global era. The activities between people of different countries had much increasing, opening up more opportunities.
The minister took as an example of the building of a golf course mostly in Japan could also be done in some tourist objects in Indonesia.
Jero Wacik was in Japan to promote the Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 which because Japanese tourism business players did not have information on Indonesian tourism.
Wacik's visit to that country received great welcome from the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) considering that Japan itself was intensifying their "Visit World Campaign" set to target around 20 million Japanese nationals (till 2010) to go out of Japan on a picnic.
In the meantime, the total value of Japanese investment in Indonesia according to Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri till May 2008 had reached US$830 million. This fact was disclosed during the All Japan Cooperation Meeting.
"It's too small if compared to Japanese investment in other sectors like energy and infrastructure," the minister said in Tokyo on Friday after attending the opening of the JATA Travel Fair.
He said the tourism sector was quite prospective, especially in the present global era. The activities between people of different countries had much increasing, opening up more opportunities.
The minister took as an example of the building of a golf course mostly in Japan could also be done in some tourist objects in Indonesia.
Jero Wacik was in Japan to promote the Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 which because Japanese tourism business players did not have information on Indonesian tourism.
Wacik's visit to that country received great welcome from the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) considering that Japan itself was intensifying their "Visit World Campaign" set to target around 20 million Japanese nationals (till 2010) to go out of Japan on a picnic.
In the meantime, the total value of Japanese investment in Indonesia according to Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri till May 2008 had reached US$830 million. This fact was disclosed during the All Japan Cooperation Meeting.
