DESTINATION -Exhibitors selling consumer titled Carnival Holiday Indonesia Jogja & Ole Ole Bandung in Malaysia last week demanding compensation due to

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DESTINATION -Exhibitors selling consumer titled Carnival Holiday Indonesia Jogja & Ole Ole Bandung in Malaysia last week demanding compensation due to the failure event.

Compensation claims will be addressed to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Depbudpar) as the responsible activity.

Director of PT Prima Nawang Puspita Tours & Travel Bandung, Joseph Sugeng Irianto, in Jakarta on Friday.

Side is one of nine companies involved in activities that take place from 14-16 August 2009 in the shopping area of Bukit Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He said, government is very disappointed because the event is the cost and effort to personally participate in the selling of consumer activity.

Joseph hopes the policy and there is a solution of Depbudpar related material losses and imaterial should be.

Depbudpar funds spent at least Rp1, 4 billion to carry out activities aimed at promoting two favorite tourist destinations of Indonesia Bandung and Yogyakarta in Malaysia.

For the sake of it, Depbudpar menggaet an advertising agency and communications partner to handle the case that projects Malaysia Tourism Board; Bloomingdale Worldwide Partner.

Participants of the exhibition of nine travel agents are invited to come and participate in the activities.

Unfortunately, many parties felt less of a strategic location for the exhibition such a program, other than not located on the main road, the location of the tent is closed by the two companies belong to the exhibition tents and car electronics that have been there first.

Joseph rate far from the exhibition which is expected in the arena where the previous campaign he was only imagine broad measuring approximately 50 m square, divided for travel, clothier, and of the event.

Senada Index was Director of Tourism Tours Yogyakarta, one of the program participants, Herman T. Noor.

In addition, according to him, was not ethical or not fit the travel agency from India to the direct selling or direct selling package because wisatanya invite ketidaksimpatian local Travel Agent or the country in Malaysia.

Therefore, the government does not need to hold the program in addition to the events - events outside the Table Top event Matta FAIR (Malaysia Associates Tour and Travel Agent) Fair.

Managing Director of Tour & Travel Trend Yogyakarta, Edwin Himma, who also participated in the event said, very embarrassed to follow the event.

He deplores, the event organizer and advertising agencies that are not planned and prepared with the title of the optimal.

Edwin even rate a similar event does not need to be more likely because it is not useful and not effective.

Rp1, 4 Billion

Meanwhile, the event organizer as well as advertising agency (the official partner and Tourism Ministry of Culture), which organized the event, Bloomingdale Worldwide Partners, says the experience has tourism destinations, including successful previous use tourism project with Malaysia Malaysia Tourism Board.

He explains, that does not matter where the representative diakuinya as one of the factors is less well terencananya event.

His side have only 85 days time to prepare for the event in accordance with the agreement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Mudi claim to get the budget allocation Rp1, 4 billion for the special event with a target of Depbudpar able to push up the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia Indonesia 10,200 visitors in three months to the front pascaacara.

One source of tourism veteran Malaysian origin who did not want his name mentioned, the local tourism if the perpetrator knows that the event is certain they will come and enthusiasm.

He himself knew that inadvertently be because one of kenalannya.

Organize the event himself regrets not optimal considering that basically is the more people who want to melancong Malaysia to Indonesia.