Indonesia declares top tourist destinations
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The Indonesian government has declared ten regions in the country top tourist destinations in a move to boost the national tourism industry, the Anatara news agency reported.
The ten regions are North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Riau Islands, South Sumatra, East Kalimantan and West Irian Jaya.
“The policy to declare ten regions top tourist destinations will hopefully encourage each of the regions to improve their performance in developing their respective tourism potentials,” Wibowo, a Deputy Director General at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, was quoted saying.
“Every year we make an evaluation of the regions to be declared top tourist destinations by taking into account various aspects, namely natural potentials, infrastructure facility and the local people’s way of thinking,” he added.
Wibowo continued to say that Indonesia had 33 tourist destination but only about 16 of them account for almost all of the tourists visiting the country.
“The figure suggests that there is still a gap among tourist destinations. That’s why there need to be directives and policies to develop the tourist destinations in a concrete way,” he was quoted saying.
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