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Garuda eyes foreign travelers in online travel fair
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A Garuda Indonesia aircraft. (Shutterstock.com/e X p o s e)
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ational flag carrier Garuda Indonesia aims to expand its reach during the Garuda Online Travel Fair (GOTF) by also eyeing foreign travelers to Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia commercial director Pikri Ilham Kurniansyah said in Jakarta on Thursday.
Garuda Indonesia is offering 1.6 million seats with discounts of up to 75 percent to both domestic and international destinations during the fair, from Nov. 23-29. It is the third online travel fair held by the airline this year.
As an example, a Jakarta-Denpasar return ticket was sold for Rp 1.14 million (US$78.48), while a Jakarta-Tokyo return ticket was offered at Rp 4.41 million.
"We are also targeting buyers from other countries to come to Indonesia too. The GOTF can be accessed by people from all around the world," Pikri said, mentioning countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia, Japan and South Korea, among others.
During the three-day fair, Garuda Indonesia is targeting sales of Rp 200 billion, 30 percent of which is expected to from buyers from other countries.
In trying to attract more foreign passengers, Pikri said, Garuda Indonesia had also held overseas offline fairs. "We held a travel fair in Singapore last month. Next month, we will hold a travel fair in Australia," Pikri said. (bbn)
