THIS year’s edition of Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME), the country’s annual B2B travel mart, will be held in Bandar Lampung, the capital of Lampung province on the southern tip of Sumatra.
Entering its 17th year, TIME showcases Indonesian tourism to international markets, and helps promote the host city and province to travellers from around the world.
TIME 2011 steering committee chairman, Meity Robot, said: “The shifting of TIME to Lampung is aimed at promoting Lampung to international markets, and will attract more tourist arrivals to the destination.”
“It will also speed up the development and improvement of infrastructure, tourism facilities and tourism attractions, and encourage more investors to develop new hotels as well as tourist attractions in the region.”
The event will take place at the Novotel Lampung from October 12 to 14, and will coincide with the holding of Festival Krakatau, an annual cultural event that ends with a tour of the active Krakatau volcano.
