21 Jul 2016
Semarang (21/07) - At 8:10 this morning, the General Manager, Department Head and Section Head welcomed the Senior Advisor for Infrastructure Ministry of Tourism, Budi Rifajantoro and the Expert of Minister of Tourism of Air accessibility Sector, Robert D. Waloni at Ahmad Yani International Airport Semarang. Their arrival was also welcomed by Ambassador of Ahmad Yani Airport.
Exactly at 8:30 Western Indonesian Time, the General Manager opened the discussion in the Meeting Room of Ahmad Yani Airport and provided an explanation on the condition and optimization at Ahmad Yani International Airport Semarang today, and also a tourist destination in Semarang and surrounding areas. After that was followed by explanation of the Senior Advisor of the Minister of Tourism on Air accessibility as “Critical Success Factor” of Indonesia’s Tourism Development.
“Tourism for Indonesia, province and for all of us is very important, because tourism has a role as the biggest foreign exchange contributor for the country that will exceed the oil and natural gas,” he said. Tourism is the only foreign exchange will continue to grow.
The key to successful tourism there are three, namely attractions, amenities and accessibility. Until now, the tourists entering Indonesia through air access reached 75%, while 25% through land and sea access. At the presentation, Budi also explained that the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo giving eight directives called 8 Directives of the President RI of 2016 is the Acceleration Year. One of the directives given is related to tourism.
The fifth directives reads “Ensure the progress in the field at 10 national tourist destinations. 10 national destinations are creating 10 new Bali which includes Danau Toba Tanjung, Kelayang, Tanjung Lesung, Kepulauan Seribu, Borobudur, Bromo Tengger Semeru, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, Wakatobi and Morotai,” Budi said.
Starting 1 July 2016 ago, immigration has given visa free from hundreds of countries in the world. “If the tourism in Indonesia will be developed, it must be integrated between tourism and flight access. We as the airports manager are very support about the matter in order to create a symbiotic mutualism,” said General Manager when closing the discussion.
