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AirAsia to open two new routes linking Thailand and Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Medan, Phuket and Phuket.

Service”is intended to support the business guests and tourists,’’said Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Thai AirAsia, Tassapon Bijleveld, in Jakarta, Tuesday (2 / 11).

It anticipates a high demand for two new routes and always hope to establish good relationships with the community in Jakarta, Medan and Phuket.

The airline is offering special low rates for an online purchase through the Rp199 thousand to flight from Jakarta to Phuket and Medan-Rp99 thousand to Phuket.

While for the owners of AirAsia credit card HSBC additional benefit namely Rp99 thousand for the route from Jakarta to Phuket and Medan-Rp49 thousand to Phuket. Reservation period began November 4 to 9, 2009 for travel December 3 2009-30 April 2010.

New Route”would also increase the traffic of international tourists from Jakarta and Medan to Phuket and vice versa,”he said.

According to him, the route will prove it as the ASEAN-owned airline and strengthen the company’s mission is to connect Asia with other parts of the world.

Previously, the airline that serves more than 130 routes it already serves routes from Jakarta to Bangkok and Bali-Bangkok. Two new routes will be operated from the flight center (hub) of new, Phuket International Airport in Thailand.

Ambassador of Thailand, YM. Akrasid Amatayakul, said it welcomed AirAsia’s move to open new routes. ”This will bring both countries closer and promote trade and tourism industries in the two countries,”he said.

He argues, Jakarta is one of the centers of tourism and trade is growing rapidly and the largest trading center in Southeast Asia. While Singapore is the commercial center for western Indonesia, while Phuket is a dream destination for people in foreign countries.

BANGKOK – MI: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva,  states, state revenues fell by U.S. $ 2.9 billion or almost Rp32 trillion. Significant drop in their tourism sector revenue is none other than due to riots against the government that this happened in early April.

Declining revenues in the tourism sector worth about 102 billion baht are also predicted would be followed also by the decline in the number of tourists who come to the land of the white elephant in 2009. Predictable differences in the number of tourists who visited Thailand this year as last year would be at odds as much as 3.2 million people. Thailand recorded a year ago when there were 14.1 million foreign tourists visit.

Based on the statement of a cabinet member, riots caused large-scale demonstrations are also cause losses of more than 220 million baht in the form of destruction of public facilities and the loss of state revenues that have been budgeted. So also with the acceptance of the benefits of different services sectors of state-owned enterprises such as electricity and telecommunications sector mass destroyed its infrastructure.

The demonstrators who is a supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra even to cover Asia Summit that was held in Thailand on April 11 last.

Demonstrations that left two dead and 123 injured victims are eventually followed by entry into an emergency situation by the government of Thailand for nearly two weeks.

FEW sights in Thailand is synonymous with the temple buildings that are considered sacred by local residents and also attractive to foreign tourists. Likewise, if you witnessed the splendor of the temple sanctuary of truth existing buildings in the city of Pattaya.

The sanctuary of truth is Pattaya wooden temple buildings are made with architectural styles of ancient Khmer kingdom of Cambodia since 1981 and is scheduled for completion in the coming year 2025.

Although impressed by the unique, the wooden temple sanctuary of truth which has a height 105 meters features a fantastic contemporary religious art. Especially if it gets big funding from an eccentric millionaire and patron Viriyaphant Lek Thai culture, of course no doubt the end result of building the temple.

Design the sanctuary of truth has four towers religious (gopura) and the double character in which Buddhist and Hindu religious teachings brought by China, India, Cambodia and Thailand together in one dynamic concept.

According to the official site of the temple, making intended to become one of the cultural heritage and artistic philosophy of Pattaya which contains a very high value. Starting from the reflexivity of ancient history, ancient knowledge and philosophy of the east. The benefit of being taught from multiple textures of buildings, such as the existence of past lives, the responsibility of every human being, the basic thinking about the wheel of life, human relationships with the universe and life overall goal of Utopia.

The temples are interesting attractions, such as typical dances of Thailand, dolphin show, train horses, elephants and game menukangi ATV motor. Tariff enter the temple sanctuary of truth is only 500 baht or about Rp140 thousand per person.

JAKARTA – MI: Ministry of Culture and Tourism relies on the museum as one of the top destinations being promoted in 2010.

“This year we set a year visit the museum,” said Director of Promotion of the Interior Ministry BUDPAR, Fath Bahri, in Jakarta,

He said, 2010 has been a commitment for it to make the museum as one of the assets that will be promoted to both foreign and domestic tourists.

It also has launched the National Movement Museum late lalu.Kegiatan Love is a movement along the inter-national components to strengthen public appreciation of historical and cultural value of the nation by improving the quality of museum services. “That way, we expect tourist arrivals this year’s target will be achieved or even exceeded,” he said.

She stated on the 2010 target is able to capture seven million foreign tourists with the acquisition of 6.75 billion U.S. dollars of foreign exchange and mobilize domestic tourists amounted to 230 million trips to spend Rp138 trillion. “We are optimistic that figure will reach as far as not significant disruptions in our country,” he said.

Indonesia last year to solicit the 6.459 million foreign tourists, an increase of 0.4 percent compared to 2008. While the movement wisnus 2009 amounted to 226 million trips from the previous 225.4 million trips in 2008.

According Fath, Indonesian tourism is an achievement that grew thin in the middle of the world tourism sector slowdown. “Other countries such as Australia and Thailand, negative growth, we can survive while maintaining the target it is an uphill struggle amid the global crisis,” he said.

Tourism Indonesia in 2009, says Fath, faces three serious challenges at the same time throughout the year that is the case of swine flu, global crises, and terrorism through the bombing. However, in the end the Indonesian tourism sector is able to maintain positive growth even added Fath Bahri.

DUE condition is increasingly uncertain security, 47 countries issued a travel warning today that prohibit their citizens to travel to Thailand.

Some countries like the United States, Indonesia, China, France, Italy, Swiss, Danish, Norwegian, Netherlands, Austria, Israel, Japan, Poland, Spain, Russia, Romania, Finland, England, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Korea, Sweden, and several other countries have warned their citizens if the level of violence in Thailand has reached level five.

United States, UK and Australia even temporarily closed their embassies in Bangkok. Meanwhile, the Indonesian embassy in Bangkok to evacuate some citizens from the conflict zone to safe zone red.

Tense political situation has a big impact for the tourism of Thailand. Tourism Council of Thailand on Tuesday lowered the projection of foreign tourists no more than 13 million visitors. Thailand tourism previous projected number of foreign tourists among the 12.7 million-14 million visitors.

Political violence”has had an impact on the tourism industry as a whole, not just blocking foreign tourists but also weakened domestic tourism,’’said the President of the Board of Tourism Thailand Hiranyakit concrete, as quoted bangkokpost.com.

Previously, the political turmoil in Bangkok has killed more than 65 people and injuring more than 1600 people in the last 30 days. This causes some countries categorize the violence in Thailand into five levels. In the scale of violence,