Pasar Malam Introduces Indonesia to The Dutch

Delft, the Netherlands,  (Antara Bali) - Pasar Malam Indonesia (Indonesian Fair) held by the Indonesian embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands, is a program to introduce the country to the international community, particularly the Dutch, a has spokesman said.

"We have surveyed the implementation of Pasar Malam Indonesia and the result shows a very positive trend as visitors, especially those from the Netherlands said their visits to this annual event because they want to explore all about Indonesia," the Coordinator of Media Relations of the Indonesian embassy, Hermanus Dimara, said here Tuesday.

He explained Pasar Malam Indonesia 2013 which was held from 20 to 24 March 2013 exhibited a variety of interesting potentials about Indonesia namely its industries and development programs, cultures as well as the archipelago culinary.

"Most of visitors from the Netherlands are already familiar with Indonesia, but others said they come to Pasar Malam because they want to know about Indonesia better," Hermanus said.

"Through Pasar Malam I can get information about Indonesia directly which is more exciting than I could imagine," a visitor from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Marcel Van Straaten said.

Meanwhile the other visitors, Irene and Marc also expressed their great appreciation of Pasar Malam Indonesia as they could get to know in detail about Indonesia in one occasion.

"I have visited Sumatra, Java and Bali. It was very wonderful. I also like Indonesian foods," Marc said. (*/M038)