TIME is the only contract trade show in Indonesia where Indonesian tourism product sellers and buyers meet under a computerized appointment system, the director of domestic promotion at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, M. Faried said here on Monday.
He said TIME had been included in the regular agenda of international travel mart with high transaction value.
The event was last held in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, in 2010 when US$17.5 million worth of transactions were signed. The figure is expected to increase by up to 20 percent this year.
"The holding of TIME in Lampung will have a positive impact on cross-sectoral development and open the tourism potential of the province," he said at a press briefing here on Monday.
Meity Robot of the Indonesia Tourism Society shared Faried`s view saying TIME had had a positive impact on the development of infrastructures in the province which had hosted the event.
The head of the marketing division at the Lampung provincial culture and tourism office, Siti Fajariah said the local tourism authorities were developing infrastructures to support the holding of the event in the province.
"The Lampung provincial culture and tourism office will take advantage of the event to promote its 5 key tourist destinations. They are Mount Anak Krakatau, Tanjung Setia, Kiluan Bay, Way Kambas National Park, and Siger tower," she said.
(Uu.S012/HAJM/A014)
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