Russian is Potential Tourism Market for Yogyakarta
5/4/10
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Russia needs to be set as a target of Yogyakarta tourism market. During this time, the visit of Russian tourists to Yogyakarta is still minimal compared to other countries of tourists. In fact, Russia's potential markets with high economic growth and many new rich fabrics in there.
Russia is a country with a population of the world number seven, nearly 200 million people.
Russia is a country with a population of the world number seven, nearly 200 million people.
"Russia is a country with a population of the world number seven, nearly 200 million people. If we could capture just 2 percent of tourists, from 2 percent is a percent of a visit to Yogyakarta, it could very well," said Usmar Salam, professor of International Relations Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science, Gadjah Mada University, on cultural dialogue entitled "Revitalization of the Cultural Diplomacy, Reflections 60 Years RI-Russia Relations" in Kepatihan, Yogyakarta, Tuesday (04/06/2010).
Yogyakarta Tourism Department data, the number of foreign tourists to Yogyakarta in 2008 as many as 128 660 people. Of that total, only 499 people of Russian tourists, were much smaller than 27 168 people of Dutch tourists, Malaysia 17 955, and Japan 16 638 people.
According Usmar, to hook a lot of Russian tourists need Yogyakarta cultural diplomacy mission to Russia. "There should be an obvious target for Russian tourists would come to the DIY and investment," said Usmar.
Month in May 2010, Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta, Yogyakarta together represent Indonesia to send mission to Russian art. That is the mission of art counterattack against the Russian artistic mission last year.
Chairman of the Tourism Industry Development Board Yogyakarta Wiendu Nuryanti, Joko Pitoyo represented, say, Yogyakarta tourism market is now shifting from Japan, Australia, Malaysia and the Netherlands, to a potential market of new Middle East, China and Russia. Russia becomes potential market for Russian citizens visiting abroad is increasing every year up to 10 percent.
Increased foreign travel was driven Russia's economic stability, increase revenues and public spending, and increasingly lax policies on their visit to foreign countries set by the Government post-Soviet Russia.
"Income Russians grew, more and more rich people. Income per capita in 2004 reached 20,000 U.S. dollars," said Joko.
According to him, the arrival of Russian tourists in large numbers very profitable Yogyakarta. They brave a bomb threat was not easily frightened. Russia was not easy to remove the travel warning. "They are generous, not stingy, and likes to shop," he said. (RWN)
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