DENPASAR, 20 April 2008 - The government says it will add 350,00 seats each year on the air segment between Singapore and Bali in order to meet growing demand and sustain ambitious official tourism targets.

As reported on Tempo Interaktif, quoted Indonesia’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik who said: “from four trips each day we’ll go to seven. In this way we will add 350,000 seats each year. Wacik’s comments were made at a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, following a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

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JAKARTA  The number of foreign tourists in Indonesia rose nearly 16 percent in February from a year ago, helped by a surge in visitors to the resort island of Bali, government data showed on Tuesday. The predominantly Hindu island of Bali, which accounted for about 40 percent of total foreign arrivals, has seen tourist numbers rebound after a slow recovery from the impact of suicide bomb attacks by Islamic militants in 2002 and 2005.
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