Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno appreciated the implementation of the "Indonesia Travel Fair 2023" tour market which was held at the Kota Kasablanka Mall, on February 17, 2023.
With this activity, it is hoped that it will further encourage domestic travel (wisnus) in the umbrella of the Proud Traveling program in Indonesia (BBWI), so that it can strengthen the target of achieving 1.4 billion foreign tourists this year.
"We hope that this collaboration in supporting the BBWI program can strengthen the achievement of the target of 1.4 billion domestic tourist movements this year. The movement of tourists will have an economic impact on the community and MSMEs," Sandiaga said in a press release, quoted on Wednesday, January 18.
The Indonesia Travel Fair is supported by the Association of Indonesian National Aviation Airlines (INACA) in collaboration with the RajaMICE and the ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA), as well as Bank BNI as bank partners.
The Indonesia Travel Fair is also filled with various attractive bidding programs, thus becoming an effective means of promotion for the community.
Meanwhile, INACA Chairman Denon Prawiraatmadja said that several interesting offering programs, namely special flight ticket prices that are not only scheduled from scheduled airlines, but also from unscheduled airlines.
"These airlines will later offer tickets at special prices for unscheduled flights, both for corporations and individuals using permanent wing aircraft and rotary wing (helicopter)," said Denon.
In addition, there are gimmicks in the form of merchandise, lucky draw, door prize, and free tickets for visitors who will be given at certain events, such as during talk shows on the sidelines of travel fair events.
On the same occasion, ASEANTA President Eddy Krismeidy is optimistic that the Indonesia Travel Fair will be successful and can be the beginning for the implementation of a larger travel fair for the ASEAN region.
"The ASEAN area, especially Indonesia, has great tourism potential that we can sell to the world community. With good air transportation support, we hope that Indonesian and ASEAN tourism can further increase," he added.
The target of three days of travel fair is the presence of 20,000 visitors with direct sales worth a total of IDR 40 billion.
This Indonesia Travel Fair (ITF) is the final stage of the INACA Festival 2022 series of activities, consisting of Webinars, Risk Management Training, Golf Tournament, and General Meetings of Members (RUA).
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