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JAKARTA, June 8 Asia Pulse - Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has predicted that foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia will increase by three per cent in the second semester of 2009.
"The foreign tourist arrivals will mainly come from Asian countries who decided to make holiday trips to Asian nation as well," the minister said here on Sunday.
The number of foreign tourists coming from Europe and the United States was predicted to drop slightly due to economic crisis which had affected those countries.
In the meantime, Asian tourists preferred to holiday in Asian countries so that the tourism industry in Asia would grow.
"Asian tourists chose to visit nearer countries," the minister said.
Earlier, chairperson of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), SB Wiranti Sukamdani said the growth of the Indonesian hotel and restaurant market up to the end of 2009 was expected to reach two to three per cent.
This growth could be achieved if hotel and restaurant operators were active in ...
Source: HighBeam Research, INDONESIA PREDICTS 3PCT RISE IN FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS.