For the second consecutive year, Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) will be held in Bandar Lampung, the capital of Lampung province on the southern tip of Sumatra, on October 9-12, 2012 at Graha Wangsa. Staging in its 18th year, TIME is organized by the Indonesian Tourism Council supported by Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy of Indonesia and the entire tourism components in Indonesia.
The Chairwoman and Steering Committee of TIME 2012, Meity Robot, said that TIME is an event for tourism industrial players and their supporting industries in Indonesia to promote tourism products and services in the country to the international market. TIME is held periodically so that buyers can see the potential market of Indonesia and promote new tourism products in their respective markets.
“We encourage tourism industrial players and their supporting industries in Indonesia to participate at TIME 2012 and take benefit in this travel mart. TIME 2012 will present all travel destinations in Indonesia, including popular travel destination, tourism attractions, and development of new products, to enable all regions within Indonesia to optimize their tourism potentials,” said Meity.
“The conduct of TIME also supports the government program of ‘Wonderful Indonesia,’ as TIME is aimed at promoting Indonesia as tourist destination in the international market, and at the same time raising the country image as one of global travel destinations,” Meity continued.
“The shifting of TIME to Lampung for two consecutive years, 2011 and this year, is aimed at promoting Lampung to the international market and speeding up the development and improvement of infrastructure, tourism facilities, and tourism attractions in the region, so that at the end, the destination could establish itself as a global travel destination. It will attract more tourist arrivals to the island and speed up the improvement of infrastructure and encourage more investors to the region to develop new hotels, as well as tourism attractions,” Meity went on.
Director General of Marketing of the Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy of Indonesia, Sapta Nirwandar, who is also Vice Minister, said Lampung was selected host of Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME), as the province has significant tourism potentials. “From the tourism aspect, Lampung has the potential to be developed, not only due to its close access to Jakarta but also its richness of its flora, fauna, culture, and culinary. After hosting TIME for the second time, I hope Lampung could establish itself as an international tourism destination and encourage investors to develop hotels and other tourism products in the region,” said Sapta.
Sapta Nirwandar also added that the impact of hosting TIME would be an increasing number of international tourist arrivals, as well as investors to the region. “TIME 2012 is also aimed at promoting Lampung to the international market and speeding up the development of infrastructure and tourism facilities, such as hotels, restaurants, transportations, and other related services, as sellers offers its products directly to buyers so that the business transactions will lure other sectors,” Sapta concluded.
The Head of the Culture and Tourism Department of Lampung Province, Gatot Hadi Utomo, also Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee of TIME 2012, greeted Lampung as host of TIME 2012 for the second time. “By hosting TIME in Lampung, we could promote the province’s tourism potential and culture, as well as position Lampung as one of global tourist destinations. Moreover, the people of Lampung could take part in the tourism development in the region. By holding TIME, we hope it could become a momentum for tourism development of Lampung for the welfare of society,” said Gatot.
Prior to the event, the provincial government of Lampung will hold a number cultural events, namely Tapis (woven cloth) Carnival; the 22nd Krakatau Festival ;the biggest cultural parade participated by all regencies in Lampung; cultural arts performances from 20 provinces of Indonesia; and a tour to Mount Krakatau Tour. “We are inviting all tourism industrial components in Lampung to make TIME 2012 a success with better organization than last year,” Gatot concluded.
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