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The Tourism Ministry is set to hold the 2017 Indonesia Golf Sales
Mission event in Katori city, northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on June
8.
This event is part of the ministry’s effort to achieve this year’s target of welcoming 762,000 Japanese tourists to Indonesia.
“Four sellers are set to participate in this event, namely Bali
Fantastic, Riverside Golf Club, Multi Holiday and the Garuda Indonesia
[branch] in Tokyo. They are at the frontlines in selling golf travel
packages to 50 buyers consisting of travel agents, golf communities and
associations in Katori,” said I Gde Pitana, the ministry's deputy for
overseas promotion.
The event, supported by the Indonesian Embassy in Japan, Visit
Indonesia Tourism Office (VITO) Japan and the Indonesian Golf Course
Owners Association (APLGI), will be held at the Narita no Mori Country
Club.
The ministry's deputy assistant for Asia Pacific tourism promotion,
Vinsensius Jemadu, said the sales mission will promote Indonesia's 10
priority destinations of Lake Toba, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Lesung,
Thousand Islands, Borobudur temple, Bromo - Tengger - Semeru, Mandalika,
Wakatobi, Labuan Bajo and Morotai.
“A number of foreign and local investors are invited to develop these
destinations. But apart from them, the historic relations between Japan
and Indonesia have resulted in plenty of Japanese caves located across
the archipelago. The tight relationship between the two countries was
also evidenced during Japan’s fifth anniversary [event] of the tsunami
disaster a few months ago at the Aceh Tsunami Museum,” said Vinsensius.
