Antara News, Thursday, July 1, 2010 21:47 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (IRHA) Yanti B Sukamdani said the tourism sector in Indonesia had not yet been maximally exploited.
"Based on data available at the Ministry of Tourism and Culture the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country in 2008 was about 6.4 million. This is still small if compared with those arriving in Malaysia which reached 22.5 million," she said here on Thursday.
She made the statement at the launch of a book titled: "Angelina Sondakh`s Window of Tourism."
Yanti said that the visits of foreign tourists to Malaysia sharply increased if compared with those in Indonesia. About 15 years ago the number of foreign tourist arrivals in Malaysia was far smaller than that in Indonesia.
She said that seen from the variety of its tourism objects, Indonesia was for more attractive than Malaysia. The tourism sector development in Indonesia lagged far behind that of Malaysia because Indonesia had not yet tapped it maximally, she said.
Besides, she said, tourism polices adopted by the central government and regional administrations were not yet comprehensively synchronized.
The tourism sector will develop optimally if its supporting infrastructures and promotions were also carried out maximally, she said.
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