North Sulawesi Ready To Host Asean Tourism Forum

Manado (Antara Bali) - North Sulawesi is ready to host an ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in the provincial capital of Manado in January next year.

"The provincial government is  ready to host the international meeting  and make it a success," North Sulawesi culture and tourism office chief Haefrey Sendoh said here on Thursday.

He said  preparations to host the event were discussed at a technical meeting with the Culture and Tourism Ministry's secretary general and director general on October 14, 2011 at the Grand Kawanua Hotel in Manado.

According to Sendoh, the supporting facilities and infrastructure such as accommodations for the ASEAN Tourism Forum participants at star-rated hotels, the venues  for the forum  and a travel exhibition had already been selected.

He said other preparations being made  by the local committee concerned local transportation facilities while the delegates would come and go by  Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, and Silk Air which had opened a route between  Manado to Singapore.(**/T007)