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Bali hosts Karangasem Travel Mart 2017
Karangasem is home to plenty of popular tourist sites such as Besakih Temple, Taman Ujung, Candidasa and Amed.
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Water Palace of Tirta Gangga in East Bali, Karangasem. (Shutterstock/File)
After Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF), Bali is hosting yet another travel exhibition from Sept. 14 to 17 in Karangasem.
The Karangasem Travel Mart (KTM) 2017 is reportedly joined by tour operators from Indonesia and other Asian countries.
“Indonesia needs to have a lot of worldwide travel mart events like ITB Berlin. It should be a market place for people from all over the world,” said Tourism Minister Arief Yahya.
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“This event will serve as the platform to introduce tourist objects in Karangasem in a form of a familiarization trip [famtrip]. There’s also going to be a table top event where buyers will meet with sellers,” added the ministry's archipelago tourism marketing development deputy, Esthy Reko Astuti.
Themed The Spirit of Bali, KTM 2017 is expected to provide business opportunities for both sides, improving Bali’s tourism value as well as regional income.
Karangasem is home to plenty of popular tourist sites such as Besakih Temple, Taman Ujung, Candidasa and Amed. (kes)
