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Crossborder festivals aim to attract tourists from neighboring countries

In a bid to attract more tourists from neighboring countries, the Tourism Ministry is set to held crossborder festivals in border areas.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, June 29, 2016

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Crossborder festivals aim to attract tourists from neighboring countries A mesmerizing view of Lake Sentani is seen in Papua. (Shutterstock/-)

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n a bid to attract more tourists from neighboring countries, the Tourism Ministry is set to held crossborder festivals in border areas. 

The ministry's festival division head for the Asia-Pacific market, Adella Raung, said 54 festivals would be held countrywide including in Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara. "For the crossborder festival in Atambua, the event will be held every month from May to December," Adella said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday.

(Read also: Fifty art groups to perform at 15th Lima Gunung Festival)

With a line-up featuring a music concert, bazaar, horse race and motor cross, the ministry reportedly collaborated with the Indonesian Embassy in Timor Leste and the neighboring country's Tourism Ministry for the Atambua festival. "Around 37,000 people or maybe more are set to attend the festival in Atambua. We are targeting to attract at least 2,000 Timor Leste tourists each month," said Adella.

Jayapura in Papua is also slated to hold eight events between June and November, comprising music performances, a bazaar and a culinary festival in a bid to lure 4,500 tourists from Papua New Guinea each month. 

The ministry is targeting to attract 12 million foreign tourists by the end of the year. By April, the number of foreign arrivals in the country had reportedly reached 3,518,726. (kes)

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