JAKARTA. The Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) has urged the government to accelerate the country’s infrastructure development to strengthen Indonesia’s tourism position in the ASEAN market ahead of the much anticipated Asean Economic Community (AEC), which comes into effect in 2015. “We would be better able to develop our tourism sector and reach our targets if we had sufficient infrastructure to support this sector,” ASITA Bali chapter chairman Ketut Ardana said in Bali on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency. He said infrastructure was a crucial element in tourism given the fact that the government aimed to attract 20 million tourists to Indonesia by 2019.
ASITA urges govt to accelerate infrastructure
JAKARTA. The Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) has urged the government to accelerate the country’s infrastructure development to strengthen Indonesia’s tourism position in the ASEAN market ahead of the much anticipated Asean Economic Community (AEC), which comes into effect in 2015. “We would be better able to develop our tourism sector and reach our targets if we had sufficient infrastructure to support this sector,” ASITA Bali chapter chairman Ketut Ardana said in Bali on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency. He said infrastructure was a crucial element in tourism given the fact that the government aimed to attract 20 million tourists to Indonesia by 2019.