Monday, 23 March, 2009 | 16:17 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Despite the global crisis, the number of tourists coming to Indonesia remains high.
Tourists from Russia have been increasing their visits to Indonesia from year to year.
In 2008, 65,000 tourists from Russia visited Indonesia, 40 percent more than in 2007 when there were 46,000 tourists who came to Indonesia from Russia.
“Russia is one of our main markets in East Europe,” said Sapta Nirwandar, Director General of Marketing from the Tourism and Culture Department at the 16th Moscow International Tour and Travel exhibition last week.
In this exhibition that lasted until last Sunday, Indonesia was represented by 19 organizations including hotels and tour agencies.
IRFAN (Moscow)
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