Shanghai (Antara Bali) - Shanghai Qiangsheng International Travel Service Co, Ltd. General Manager, Tang Shi Guo, has said Indonesia has become a favorite destination for tourists from China.
"Indonesia is getting more and more popular for tourists from China because of various attractions and attractive tour packages, such as diving and hiking," Tang Shi Guo said here on Saturday.
He admitted that Bali is among the favorite places for Chinese tourists to visit, though there are other interesting places in Indonesia visiting Chinese enjoy.
"Bali is certainly still the main attraction, but we are also promoting many more interesting places in Indonesia for our prospective tourists to visit," he noted.
Tang Shi added that Indonesia has many interesting destinations which should be managed well and supported with adequate accessibility and infrastructure in order to become even more popular.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy's Promotion Director, Esthy Reko Astuti, said China was also a potential tourism market. "Therefore we have opened direct flights between Indonesia and China, such as Jakarta-Beijing, Jakarta-Shanghai, and Jakarta-Guangzhou," she said. (IGT/T007)
