By: Choirul Fuadi)*
CIDISS – The charm of Indonesian tourism destination especially in Yogyakarta special region becomes interest point for tourist both domestic and international. The former president, 44 US president, Barack Obama and family, visited Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They visited some tourism spots such as Prambanan, Borobudur and others.
The visited of Barack Obama make the Yogyakarta as safe place for tourism destination. Yogyakarta special region is one of the cities in Indonesia that offers charm of tourism with many objects, spots, cultures, and others.
The visited is gotten positive appreciation from Chief of development destination, Yogyakarta tourism board, Arya Nugrahadi. He assumed the coming of figure such Obama will make image of Yogyakarta better. “Tightly the image of Yogyakarta as safe place for tourist,” said Arya.
Arya optimism, after the visited of Obama (28 – 30 June), the number of International tourist from Europe, US, or Asian to Yogyakarta will increase.
By the potency, Arya said, the improving of service in all tourism destination need to be better and fulfill the International standard. Besides tourism attraction, the party will be focus in community based tourism to attract the tourism.