Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol is to engage in the creative industry as part of its service product innovation progran in 2012, the company`s president director, Budi Karya Sumadi, said here on Wednesday.

"We have made t our service product innovation program in light of the various instances of progress and improvements in the national economy," Budi said.

The creative industry PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol would engage in was convention tourism or otherwise also known as MICE (meeting, incentive, conference, and exhibition); production of films and creative character imagery , indoor music stadium, Ancol Beach City development, Ocean Ecopark, and Ancol promenade.

Budi said the various government policies on development of tourism and creative industry were giving the company greater opportunities to grow.

"For example, the construction of a great wall and the plan to dredge 13 rivers in Jakarta by the Jakarta city government will make the Ancol Dreamland area more strategic and attractive," Budi said.

He said Ancol Dreamland was in the process of transforming itself into a complete and modern tourism resort in North Jakarta.

"We are currently constructing various facilities and in the next two to three years the appearance and the nuance of the Ancol recreational area will be different in that it will reflect an environmentally friendly concept," he said.
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