Tourism Cooperation Seychelles-Bangka Belitong and Indonesia-Australia

Seychelles is well known in the tourism world with 115 islands in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar. This island nation is a member of the Commonwealth Nations.

Seychelles Ambassador, Dick Patrick Esparon representing his country are interested in taking the cooperation after a trip to the islands of Bangka Belitong, he was fascinated with the beauty of the sea and the beaches there. He realizes there are similarities with the natural conditions of tourist islands in his country, Seychelles.

Seychelles-Bangka Belitong offers the tourism cooperation chain filed in his meeting with the Head of Tourism Bangka Belitong, Yan Megawandi in Pangkalpinang, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 and hope Bangka Belitong can develop as a tourist area of the world by sharing experiences, especially honeymoon tour that already known by world tourism of Seychelles.

Honeymoon tourism does have their own characteristics, as a romantic and special tours, honeymoon couples would be more long lived in a tourist resort. This is where Seychelles see the niche in their world tourism.

Bangka and Belitong has the potential beauty of exotic beaches, like Cape Coast Kelayang (Pantai Tanjung Kelayang), Cape Sword (Tanjung Pedang) and Cape High (Tanjung Tinggi), it is necessary to promote well and worthy of international tourist destinations and the availability of supporting facilities such as hotels, resorts and others.

The same thing for the tourist area of eastern Indonesia with their potential not less charm, Australian tourists are known as most tourists who visit Indonesia, especially Bali reached 900,000 people.

Minister of Energy and Resources Australia Tourism, Martin Ferguson in Sapta Pesona House, Jakarta, August 3, 2011 along with Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik arrange Indonesia-Australia tourism agenda for the future.

Martin Ferguson hopes that the Australian tourists just not to Bali only, Indonesia has other exotic tourist destination, "We also expect the opposite, will be a lot of Indonesian tourists visiting Australia," he said.

Lombok International Airport soon be inaugurated, and this makes it easy for tourists to come directly to places of tourist destinations, such as Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara and the tourist area of eastern Indonesia.

All will be easier and Indonesia tourism charm in sight...

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(Sources Kompas /Images Deddy Suwanda and Jeffry Surianto)