Bogor district culture and tourism office spokesman Baehaki said here on Saturday that the district administration has designed a budget of Rp7.4 billions for the implementation of Visit Bogor 2011.
"But we are still discussing the amount of budget because it is predicted to be about tens of billions of rupiah for the program," Baehaki said.
He explained that the budget would be used for promotion and other activities related to the implementation of Visit Bogor 2011 which is to be launched later this month to increase to number of tourists visiting Bogor district this year.
Baehaki said the number of tourists visiting Bogor in the previous years rose only by 5 percent and therefore with the Visit Bogor 2011 the number was expected to increase by 15 until 20 percent.
"With such a program we hope the number of tourists visit to Bogor will increase by 15 to 20 percent this year," Baehaki said, adding that the Visit Bogor 2011 would be officially launched on February 26 in conjunction with Dongdang cultural festival.
Meanwhile, Dongdang cultural festival committee chairman Erwin Suryana said the participants this year were expected to rise from 1000 last year to 2,000 people.
"Bogor district head will officially launch Visit Bogor 2011 in conjunction with Dongdang cultural festival on February 26," Erwin Suryana said. (*)
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