DESTINATION -City Government (Pemkot) Makassar will make "Visit Losari"

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DESTINATION -City Government (Pemkot) Makassar will make "Visit Losari" as an agenda to increase the annual number of tourist visits to the capital of South Sulawesi province this.

"Visit the Losari akan held for two days two nights at 9 - 10 October 2009 agenda is the excellent Culture and Tourism Office (Disbudpar) Makassar and ready to be an annual agenda," said Kabid Promotion and Marketing Disbudpar Makassar, Andi Samad Sa `ban Miru, in Makassar.

According to him, mengusung activities of the various cultural attractions and culinary exhibits typical Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi), the delegation participated in the team is supported by the arts of Bali, Yogyakarta, West Java and East Nusa Tenggara.
One of the agenda are offered on the "Visit Losari" is a festival of traditional food sold in the 20 exhibition stand has been prepared in anjungan Beach Losari. Variety of traditional foods such as coto Makassar, Pallubasa and Konro with the sale price is relatively cheap, averaging Rp10 thousand per share.

Similarly, other jajanan as epe banana, ice and ice Butung pallu ijo bananas sold at affordable prices, because Pemkot Makassar provide subsidies to the seller, which is representative of the district added 14 hotels and restaurants in the Makassar Strait.

To further enliven Visit Losari, said Samad, Pemkot the work with the "Event Organizer (EO) for the` race `Cheerleaders and junior high schools band festival se-SMU/SMK Makassar.

"Thus, all the people involved are expected to participate in this event menyukseskan, while promoting the city as a tourism region is also the gate of Eastern Indonesia (KTI)," he said.

On funding support from the City budget, he said, only about Rp100 million, so the government must partner with Ewako PT Gemilang as EO.

Visit Losari akan officially opened by Minister of Culture and Tourism (Menbudpar) Jero Wacik. Menbudpar and entourage will be using the boat to the traditional decorative anjungan Losari Beach before the opening of the event.