Visiting foreign tourists (Wisman)

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Visiting foreign tourists (Wisman) particularly in the Australian state of Visit Indonesia Year 2009 target of 480,000 people.

Marketing Director General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Sapta Nirwandar in Jakarta on Sunday. Wisman visits from kangaroo country until May this year as many as 165,137 people, or about 26.25 percent increase compared to the same period only 130,799 years ago or visit grew 34,338 people.

To increase tourist visits Australia that, he said, Depbudpar conduct various promotion activities in Australia, which is one symphony concert with the Twilite Orchestra, led by celebrated conductor Addie MS with headlines "Indonesia A Touch of Harmony" at the Opera House Concert Hall , Sydney, Australia on 21 July 2009.

He explains, Wisman visit to Indonesia in the first five months of 2.41 million or 1.69 percent increase compared to the period January to May 2008 around 2.37 million people.

Apart from tourist visits Australia this year to positive growth in the Middle East Wisman from about 42.04 per cent, Europe (10.23 percent) and China (18.96 percent).

Meanwhile, Wisman of countries in Asia negative growth occurred during the period January-May for Singapore minus 6.72 percent, 13.80 percent minus Japan, South Korea and minus 27.28 percent.

Sapta said, growth in the first five months to make this more optimistic VIY 2009 of 6.5 million will be achieved, whereas years ago the number of visits Wisman of 6.4 million people.

Facing a global economic crisis situation, the tourist industry in the country become increasingly tumpuhan, in 2008 the archipelago of tourists to travel to reach 225 million people.

Last year, the frequency of shopping trips on average reached 1.92 times, in which the amount of 117 million people who travel as much as 225 million people with spending reached Rp123, 1 trillion.