Discount for Asean Tourists

Ministers of tourism to the ASEAN annual meeting in the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Hanoi, Vietnam, agreed to give incentives to the countries of tourists who visit the ASEAN tourism to ASEAN-10 countries.

Incentives in the form of price relief to rate hotels, restaurants, and transportation. Incentives for ASEAN tourists will be given for two years, ie 2009-2010. The goal is to give impetus to the growth of ASEAN tourism.

Said Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik time to give explanations on the results of a meeting of tourism ministers of ASEAN, after attending the gala dinner at the ATF 2009 Grand Ballroom Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday (8 / 1) night. "They agreed in the council with the idea that Indonesia ASEAN can be a major tourism market, by providing incentives for ASEAN tourists visit. How the amount of incentive is given, it will still be discussed," said Jero.

According Jero, "So, if people have come Malaysia to Indonesia, they will get a discount rate hotels and restaurants as long as the price indicates passport Malaysia. So also the origin of ASEAN tourists to Indonesia and other ASEAN countries."

Incentives for ASEAN tourists, Jero said, applied for two years, including this year and next year. "This is in accordance with the impact of global financial crisis that is estimated to take place this year and next year," he added.

Jero insenstif itself does not mention what the service will received by hotels, restaurants, and if the airline must provide price relief for ASEAN tourists. "Market for ASEAN tourism visits actually very high. Calculations in earlier hearings, the number reaches around 58 million tourists visit the ASEAN. This year, the new total reached 27 million tourists visit the ASEAN. Indonesia years ago a new 6.4 million tourist visits," said Jero .

Jero said, the results of tourism ministers of ASEAN will be followed up again at the head of the ASEAN countries will make the meeting a few days longer in the KTT ASEAN in Bangkok, Thailand, 2009.