Friday, 13 March, 2009 | 12:58 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Mataram: Leaders of the Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel (ASITA) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) plans to offer a tour package to cruise providers at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention in Miami, Florida, USA, March 16-19.
A cruise only visits Lombok once a year with 1,200 foreign tourists. After this convention, it is expected to visit Lombok 5-6 times a year.
“We have to be proactive or Lombok will be forgotten,” ASITA's head, Awanadhi Aswinabawa told Tempo, Friday (13/3), who leads NTB delegation in the convention.
He said that cruises visit Benoa in Bali and Komodo island in East Nusa Tenggara more than Lombok. Komodo island is included as one of the wonderful world heritages. Most cruises end up in Malaysia or Singapore.
Seatreade Cruise Shipping Convention is the biggest shipping convention in the world. Shipping providers, operators, associations, services, from around the world attend the convention.
SUPRIYANTHO KHAFID
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