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Garuda kicks off travel fair in 24 cities
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A visitor looks at a model of a Garuda Indonesia plane at the Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) 2017 in Yogyakarta on Friday. (Antara/Andreas Fitri Atmoko)
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ational flag carrier Garuda Indonesia kicked off the Garuda Travel Fair (GATF) on Friday, an event that would take place through March 12 in 24 cities, including Jakarta, Medan in North Sumatra and Manado in North Sulawesi.
The travel fair will have booths from travel agents, hotels and resorts, theme parks, national tourism organizations, corporate and travel equipment, media partner and state lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) as its partner.
"I want to emphasize the importance of promoting domestic [destinations]," State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno said on Friday.
(Read also: Garuda Travel Fair to visit 24 cities across Indonesia)
She applauded the event, which had so far been dominated by participants to promote the domestic destinations.
Garuda Indonesia also maintained their support to the ten emerging destinations, including Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara, Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Tanjung Lesung in Banten and Bromo-Tengger in East Java.
In Jakarta alone, Garuda targets Rp 207.3 billion (US$15.4 million) in sales volume during the event with 77,000 visitors, while in the national scope, Garuda eyes the transaction target of Rp 380 billion.
Last year it booked Rp 430 billion for the two phases of GATF and garnered 140,000 visitors.
The price goes as low as Rp 400,000 for round trip flights to Singapore. (bbn)
