Bali to host PATA Travel Mart 2007
September 10th, 2007
Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Bali is to host this year`s PATA (Pacific Air Travel Association) Travel Mart in the Nusa Dua resort from September 25-28, the organizing committee`s spokesperson Ika Nazaruddin said here on Saturday.
She said the momentous travel event was to be attended by around 1,500 participants from 54 countries and would thus be a golden opportunity for tourism businesspeople in Bali.
She said this year`s PATA Travel Mart, to be conducted in cooperation with Indonesia`s Culture and Tourism Ministry, would bring relief to the tourism businesspeople in the midst of listlessness due to the travel advisories issued by several countries and the flight ban to Europe imposed on Indonesian air carriers.
She said tourism business people could take advantage of this event because a variety of products and tourism-related services had been well prepared to be brought along to the market.
Meanwhile, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said more than 423 buyers from 49 countries, as well as 262 of 113 companies in Indonesia, would rake part in the annual event.
He said three new buyers , namely Fiji, Slovakia and Turkey, would also be represented.
The annual meeting in Bali is expected to improve Indonesia`s image in the international community and to encourage more foreign tourists to visit the Indonesian resort island. (*)
Source: http://www.antara.co.id
Entry Filed under: Bali Tourism News
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