Besides by the First Lady, the President when opening the annual event is also expected to be accompanied by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, according to PT Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo).
PT JIExpo has earlier said it is targeting itself a target of concluding a transaction of Rp4.5 trillion in Jakarta Fair 2013 (PRJ 2013).
"Last year, we set the PRJ 2012 transaction target at Rp4 trillion and it was achieved. This year we have set a higher target at Rp4.5 trillion. Hopefully, it will be achieved," Prajna Mudaya, the PRJ organizing committee chairman, said in the Jakarta Fair Ground in Kemayoran on Thursday.
Prajna is optimistic that PRJ 2013 will achieve its target. After all, the number of tenants of participants this year is bigger.
"There were 2,550 tenants taking part in PRJ 2012. This year the number of tenants relatively increases to 2,650 participants," said Prajna.
He explained that for the PRJ 2013 festivals, a total of 1,280 stands had been built for businesses, consisting of large scale businesses and industries, cooperatives, small-scale and micro enterprises.
Besides transaction values, said Prajna, the committee also expected bigger number of visitors this year than those in 2012.
"A total of 4.5 million visitors were registered to have come to PRJ 2012. We hope this year the Jakarta Fair will be visited by some 4.8 million people," Prajna said.
PRJ 2013 will be taking place for 32 days beginning from June 6 to July 7, 2013. The fair will be open every day from 3.30 p.m to 10 p.m (Monday-Thursday), from 3.30 p.m to 11 p.m (Friday) and from 10 a.m to 11 p.m (Saturday and Sunday).
Admission tickets will be sold at a price of Rp25,000 for the days from Monday to Thursday and Rp30,000 from Friday to Sunday.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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