Saturday 25 February 2012
Moving the charm of Bali Raja Ampat Start
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:21 PM
Raja Ampat
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON - Bali is no longer being the only mainstay of Indonesia to attract foreign tourists to come. This time, start displaced by the charm of Bali Raja Ampat. In fact, Raja Ampat, Papua region divers paradise, it has become an icon of tourism promotion in Switzerland. This is a tourism promotion event-Bern Embassy are done in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Creative Economy public transport companies in two cities in Switzerland, the Bern and Basel.
This promotion is conducted in an effort to increase the number of Swiss tourists who visited Indonesia, and the theme of "Postcards from a wonderland, a remarkable Indonesia" begins February 1 for three months.
As revealed by Pensosbud Embassy in Bern, Budiman Wiriakusumah, for three months will be emblazoned with an invitation for a trip to the beauty of Indonesia. The tourists are invited to visit attractions such as Bunaken, Raja Ampat, Tana Toraja, Komodo, Flores, Borobudur, Lombok, the Pacific Islands, and of course Bali.
Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2010 noted, the number of tourists visiting Indonesia as many as 34 928 people from Switzerland, with an average expenditure of about 1,600 U.S. dollars and the average length of stay for 15 days. This number includes a significant number considering the population of Switzerland is only about six million inhabitants. With the promotion of tourism destinations Indonesia is expected to Swiss society will be many more to choose Indonesia as a favorite tourist destination.
