Bali tourism to benefit from APEC Summit - Jakarta Post
Bali tourism will gain great benefits when the island hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Summit next October, a minister has said.
Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Mari Elka Pangestu told journalists on Thursday that a successful summit would be a very effective promotion for Bali on the international stage.
"Bali will become known as one of the potential destinations for world-class summits and gatherings," the minister said.
"The APEC Summit and many sideline meetings and events held ahead of the summit will have direct and indirect impacts on Bali tourism. That's why we should optimize these international-scale events to promote our tourist destinations," Mari said in a keynote address to the meeting of the Bali Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) in Denpasar.
During the APEC Summit next October, as many as 21 heads of state and government, 46 ministers, 5,250 economic leaders and around 3,000 journalists from across the world will come to Bali. Meanwhile, there will be around 182 preliminary APEC meetings held ahead of the summit, attended by around 100,000 delegates.
"The presence of state and economic leaders from across the world will make it an extraordinary moment. Thousands of journalists will cover the events with Bali as the venue," she added.
Mari said that around 30,000 hotel rooms and 3,000 modes of transportation would be used during the three-day summit.
Mari also said that many infrastructure projects had been undertaken in Bali ahead of the APEC Summit. Among the projects is the construction of the Dewa Ruci underpass that will cost around
Rp 148 billion (US$15 million), funded by the state budget.
It is part of an extensive infrastructure overhaul designed for completion ahead of the summit. The overhaul also includes the Rp 2.8 trillion expansion of Ngurah Rai International Airport and construction of the Benoa-Ngurah Rai-Nusa Dua toll road, which cost Rp 2.5 trillion.
Mari said the infrastructure project would be useful for Bali residents in the long term. Therefore, Mari hoped that all Bali residents could support the summit.
Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika concurred.
"You can imagine, there will be 3,000 journalists covering the summit. They will publish their news from Bali. I hope many people from across the world will be eager to come to Bali after this event," Pastika said.
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Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Mari Elka Pangestu told journalists on Thursday that a successful summit would be a very effective promotion for Bali on the international stage.
"Bali will become known as one of the potential destinations for world-class summits and gatherings," the minister said.
"The APEC Summit and many sideline meetings and events held ahead of the summit will have direct and indirect impacts on Bali tourism. That's why we should optimize these international-scale events to promote our tourist destinations," Mari said in a keynote address to the meeting of the Bali Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) in Denpasar.
During the APEC Summit next October, as many as 21 heads of state and government, 46 ministers, 5,250 economic leaders and around 3,000 journalists from across the world will come to Bali. Meanwhile, there will be around 182 preliminary APEC meetings held ahead of the summit, attended by around 100,000 delegates.
"The presence of state and economic leaders from across the world will make it an extraordinary moment. Thousands of journalists will cover the events with Bali as the venue," she added.
Mari said that around 30,000 hotel rooms and 3,000 modes of transportation would be used during the three-day summit.
Mari also said that many infrastructure projects had been undertaken in Bali ahead of the APEC Summit. Among the projects is the construction of the Dewa Ruci underpass that will cost around
Rp 148 billion (US$15 million), funded by the state budget.
It is part of an extensive infrastructure overhaul designed for completion ahead of the summit. The overhaul also includes the Rp 2.8 trillion expansion of Ngurah Rai International Airport and construction of the Benoa-Ngurah Rai-Nusa Dua toll road, which cost Rp 2.5 trillion.
Mari said the infrastructure project would be useful for Bali residents in the long term. Therefore, Mari hoped that all Bali residents could support the summit.
Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika concurred.
"You can imagine, there will be 3,000 journalists covering the summit. They will publish their news from Bali. I hope many people from across the world will be eager to come to Bali after this event," Pastika said.
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