Category : News ; Monday, 07 June 2010, Read: 228 time Jogja Travel Mart : A Moment to Promote Jogja Tourism Destination
The Provincial Government of Yogyakarta Special Region held Jogja Travel Mart at June 4 to 6 2010 at Sheraton Hotel Yogyakarta. This event involved and inviting tourism industry players, both national and international, to participate in this important event.
Jogja Travel Mart is a collaboration with Association of The Indonesia Tours and Travel (ASITA) DIY, Jogja Tourism Departement, and Indonesian Hotels and Restaurant Association. This event already much held at other region but this is the first time at Jogja. "The event will meet between buyer and seller and will be venue to increase tourism at Jogja, "said Tazbir, SH,M.Hum Head of Tourism Department of Yogyakarta. Jogja Travel Mart is a one way to promote the potential tourism to the international scale and to open a relation tourism sector between ASEAN countries. And especially try to make cooperation with potential country such as Malaysia, Singapore, European, Japan and Australia.
Beside to promote tourism of Jogja, this event can be one way to promote tourism from other region in Indonesia. Because it followed with tourism industy, tour and travel agent from other region. In this event tour and travel agent will meet and make a cooperation. "We follow this event to maka a cooperation with other tour and travel and more familiar with tourism objects at Jogja. Beside that we'll make a relationship with other participants"said Sulastri, one of the seller from West Jakarta.
Jogja Travel Mart held with table top program where the seller will meet with the buyer directly and alternately, in minutes seller will meet with all buyers that booked the table in the ballroom. And here, all the seller try to offered to the buyer various tourism destination, especially at Jogja. JTM officially opened at Mataram Ballroom Sheraton Hotel with Vice Governor, Sri Pakualam IX and marked with the ribbon cutting. " Thankyou for your arrival and participation for all parties at the first Jogja Travel Mart "said Sri PAkualam at his Speech when Opening Ceremony at Ballroom Sheraton Hotel. The parties from tourism industry players enthusiastically welcomed. This can be seen from all of participants who followed This event reach 70 buyer and it exceed from expected target.
Besides a bussines meeting, JTM will introduce Jogja tourism to all participants with organize a few tour around Jogja at Sunday June 6 2010.