JAKARTA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has reaped at least 2.5 million U.S. dollars of potential sales in its tour package sales mission held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a senior official said.
Deputy of Tourism Minister for Foreign Market I Gde Pitana said the successful results of Indonesia's sales mission program in UAE were significantly contributed by Bali and awards received by Indonesian tourism from many international competition in the last few years.
"Many visitors were curious about the visit of King Salman and his royal family members in Bali. It has made Indonesia's tourism got more attention in the Middle East region," Pitana said on Wednesday, referring to the vacation of Saudi Arabian ruler in Indonesia's resort island of Bali in March.
He added that most of buyers from the UAE booked traveling packages in Bali for yearend vacations.
During the 2-day program held on Oct. 18-19, Indonesia's sales mission managed to book transactions from 5,883 people intending to travel to Indonesia for vacation, amounted around 34,930 billion rupiah, according to Pitana.
