Garuda Indonesia Urged to Strengthen Domestic Market

Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has told national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia to continue strengthening domestic market due to its huge potentials.

“Our domestic market is very strong. Last year, there were 255 million visits by domestic tourists. This year, the target is 260 million visits. If that amount is multiplied by Rp. 1 million, it means Rp260 trillion circulated,” Arief said in Jakarta on Friday (29/4).

Arief added that once the domestic market is strengthened, it would be easy to develop international market.

In comparison with domestic market of neighboring countries, Aried added, Indonesia is much bigger. He cited Singapore, which does not have domestic market or domestic market in Malaysia that is not too big.

The Minister added that that the Government is gearing up to meet the target of 20 million tourists visiting Indonesia in 2019.

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