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| Source: Wonderful Republic of Indonesia Slides |
The number of Japanese tourists visiting Republic of Indonesia had experienced a turn down of 0.2 pct inwards 2016.
"The number of Japanese tourists visiting Republic of Indonesia final yr had reached 513 thousand," he noted during the inauguration of the Nihon Visa Application Center (JVAC) inwards Jakarta.
He remarked that 1 of the obstacles faced inwards increasing Japanese tourist arrivals inwards Republic of Indonesia was the lack of additional at 1 time flights from Nihon to Indonesia.
"The turn down inwards Japanese tourist arrivals inwards Republic of Indonesia occurred, equally Nihon Airlines had stopped operating flights to Bali," he pointed out.
Hence, he is scheduled to catch Tokyo, Japan, to convince Nihon Airlines to piece of occupation flights to Bali again.
He expected that regular flights volition live on started from Nihon to Republic of Indonesia to facilitate Japanese people great on visiting the country.
Meanwhile, to increase the number of Japanese tourists visiting Indonesia, Jemadu said his political party continues to promote the countrys tourist destinations inwards Japan, including through the digital media.
Moreover, Jemadu said his political party tin promote Indonesias tourist destinations past times participating inwards events, including locomote fairs as well as organizing fun trips.
In the system of fun trips, he said locomote agents, media, as well as a Japanese political party were invited to catch several tourist destinations inwards Indonesia, as well as thus they are able to gain a broader agreement of Indonesias tourism.
"We recognize that eighty pct of the Japanese tourists catch Bali," he stated.
Hence, he said the Indonesian government, nether the leadership of President Joko Widodo, has created 10 New Bali to attract to a greater extent than unusual tourists to other destinations inwards Republic of Indonesia inwards add-on to Bali.
Earlier, Nihon had opened a novel visa application middle inwards DKI Jakarta on Fri to facilitate all Indonesians great on travelling to Japan.
The JVAC, located on the fourth flooring of the Lotte Shopping Avenue inwards South Jakarta, volition commencement operating from Sept 15.
In add-on to catering to the growing take away of visa applicants, Japanese Ambassador to Republic of Indonesia Masafumi Ishii said the institution of the JVAC equally good aims to meliorate visa application services for all Indonesians past times reducing the length of queues at visa counters as well as shortening the waiting fourth dimension of applicants.
The Japanese Embassy inwards Republic of Indonesia had issued 68,257 visas inwards 2012; 91,860 visas inwards 2013; 103,631 visas inwards 2014; 117,019 visas inwards 2015; as well as 138,327 visas inwards 2016. An increase of 200 pct was recorded inwards the number of visa applications inwards 2016 equally compared to 2012.(Antara)
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