"I have invited several foreign ambassadors serving in Indonesia in order to improve the partnership in changing information and network of tourism between RI and foreign countries," said Ahmad Asyar, the director of Travelxpose Magazine, in the Dinner with Ambassador at Alila Hotel, here Friday (Feb 18) evening.
He said through the magazine, the ambassadors in Indonesia could make use of the opportunity to share information and promote their art, cultural and tourism assets with the country.
Meanwhile, Paivi Alatalo, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish Embassy, said that the concept of sharing information on cultural aspects was a good idea where it would be useful for Indonesia to promote its tourism abroad.
"I think it`s a great concept. I`m just wishing it good luck and a lot of success for the magazine," said she.
Paivi, who liked to see Bali, said that Indonesia had many fascinating places to visit and in order to promote Indonesian tourism in Finland, she said that RI needed to advertise more on eco-tourism.
"Eco-tourism may be the most interesting kind of tourism for my people because we are close to nature. In my opinion, you need to promote more about the country like the magnificent temple in Java and natural tourism," she said.
She also said that Indonesia did not need to advertise Bali in large scale because `the goddess island` had been known well in the world.
"Bali does not need much promotion because everyone knows Bali well," she said.
Moreover, she added, political crisis in Indonesia did not hamper people from Finland to go to Indonesia.
"The political matter in Indonesia is not one thing that we afraid of, but exactly the natural disaster like mount eruption is the reason," she said.
At the meantime, Peruvian Ambassador Juan Alvarez Vita said that he enjoyed Indonesian tourism as the country had rich cultures and interesting places.
"I really enjoy Indonesian tourism and like too much this country. It`s a wonderful country which has many lands and cultures," he said to ANTARA.
He also added that he was glad to have tourism partnership with RI in visa exemption for Indonesian people since ten years ago.
"I am very happy because we have a special agreement with Indonesia. So, Indonesian people can enter Peru without visa and only for the passport needed," he said.(*)
Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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