Archive for the ‘Indonesia’ Category
ICAO calls on EU to lift Indonesian air ban
By Balidiscovery.com/etn | Dec 09, 2008 Tempo Interactive quotes the president of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Robert Kobeh Gonzales, as calling on the European Union to lift its blacklisting of Indonesian aviation which bars all Indonesian-registered aircraft from flying within European airspace.
December 9, 2008
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The Indonesian Travel Market – TIME 2008 in Makassar successfully concluded
MAKASSAR – The Indonesian annual travel mart, Tourism Indonesia Mart&Expo (TIME) or ‘Pasar Wisata Indonesia' is concluded today with total attendance of 104 buyers from 21 countries. The top five buyers consisted of Malaysia, Korea, India and Indonesia, Singapore, and the Netherlands. TIME 2008 also attracted 108 sellers from 16 provinces of Indonesia, which mostly [...]
November 10, 2008
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Optimism sweeps Garuda Indonesia again
By Stéphane Hanot, Makassar | Oct 19, 2008 After five years of restructuring, Garuda is finally entering a new era. "I am pleased that we started to think again about our network's expansion, inflight service and new aircraft after so many years of downsizing our network when others just went on expansion," explained Prijastono Purwanto, [...]
October 20, 2008
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Visit Indonesia Year 2008: a success?
By Yusof Sulaiman, eTN Asia/Pacific | Sep 22, 2008 The Indonesian government's Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 campaign has not met its expected target. According to critics of the Indonesian government, so far it's been a failure.
September 23, 2008
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Indonesia is hot for development or more of the same
By Dr. Elinor Garely | Jul 29, 2008 There are many challenges facing Indonesia. Having covered the destination many years ago, and with very fond memories of wonderful hotels, fabulous cuisine, beautiful beaches, and great shopping, we can only hope that the current administration adopts a contemporary global approach to solving the enormous and complex [...]
July 30, 2008
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Luring 300,000 Chinese tourists to Indonesia is not easy
Hong Kong – The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing projected the number of Chinese tourists coming to Indonesia this year at 300,000, for which promotions are being conducted. The campaign on Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 launched by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Jakarta since December last year, had been hailed by many circles [...]
May 5, 2008
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Indonesia to develop an exclusive tourism zone on Bintan island
By Y. Sulaiman, eTN Asia | Apr 21, 2008 A company, backed by Malaysian-owned leisure and gambling conglomerate Genting, has unveiled an 8-year plan to turn Indonesia’s Bintan island into an exclusive integrated tourism zone.
April 21, 2008
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Indonesia Government launches tourism website
JAKARTA (TVLW) – The Culture and Tourism Ministry has launched a website to provide comprehensive information about the country’s tourism sector.
December 10, 2007
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SEVEN SUMMITS AREN'T ENOUGH! MEAGAN MCGRATH SET TO CLIMB THE HIGHEST PEAK IN OCEANIA IN INDONESIA
Meagan McGrath, the 30 year old Sudbury native and mountain climber who inspired Sudburians earlier this year with her successful summit of Mount Everest, is set to climb the Carstensz Pyramid located in the Indonesian province of Papua. Carstensz Pyramid is the highest mountain in Oceania (4,884 metres / 16, 023 feet), and is considered [...]
November 27, 2007
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Health tourism, good service divide Indonesia from neighbors
thejakartapost.com/etn It is a well-known fact that many Indonesians seek medical help abroad. The fact that some 30-40 percent of foreign patients in Singapore at any one time are Indonesian is proof of this. Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore is often referred to as the Indonesian Hospital due to the high number of Indonesian patients [...]
November 2, 2007
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