World Press Freedom Day to Bolster Tourism Promotion

Jakarta, InfoPublik - The World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017 series of event held from 1 - 4 May 2017 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) has the potential to bolster the promotion of Indonesian tourism to the international market.

"Quality improvement will affect Indonesian tourism," said Tourism Ministry’s Head of Legal and Public Communication Bureau Iqbal Alamsjah at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, Thursday (4/5).

According to him, currently the media play significant role in promoting domestic tourism. Quality improvement on the standard of media content production will certainly help the audiences to understand better tourismn-content.

"We hope that quality information will support all government programs in various sectors," said Iqbal.

Tourism Ministry has five targets of promotional medium. They are academia, businessmen, government, community, and media. Of the five, media is the most important medium used for promotion.

"Media as a subject for tourism promotion both at home and abroad," he said.

Tourism Ministry, continued Iqbal, uses media as a medium to disseminate tourism-related information and it is proven effective in attracting foreign and domestic tourists to visit Indonesia.

"The media is very effective in increasing tourist visits from year to year," he added.

Iqbal expected WPFD 2017 will become a momentum which brings positive impact for Indonesia especially in domestic tourism sector. He also hoped that the foreign journalists attending this event would bring back reports on Indonesian tourism to their respective countries. (Reporter: Tri Antoro,Translator: Siti Chodijah)