Borderlands to be Promoted for Tourism Site

The Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Yanti Sukamdani said that her side starts to focus on bringing up the tourism potential of the regions on the borders of the country. 

This will become one of the efforts to increase tourists’ visit to Indonesia.
 
“BPPI start to working on the frontiers since they have easy accesses to enter Indonesian territory,” said Yanti during the discussion on tourism in FX Mall, Senayan, Jakarta on June 22.

One of the efforts, Yanti said, is by holding musical concerts on the borders such as 2014 Bintan Jazz Festival which was held on June 21 to attract tourists from Singapore and Malaysia. 

BPPI is currently developing three types of promotion which are creative tourism, green tourism, and low season tourism.

“This year, we will focus on China and Korea as the main target,” Yanti added.

Source : Tempo