Yogyakarta 'invaded' Student Tours

Yogyakarta Special Region could be a premier tourist destination long holiday vacation student at the school children.

Chairman of Indonesian Tourism Forum Gathering of Insan, Sarbini, in Yogyakarta, Monday (06/28/2010) says, entered the school holidays this year, the city of Yogyakarta began bustling tourist arrival, especially the students. "The potential for student tours to Yogyakarta during the school holidays is big enough. Dozens of students signed Yogyakarta entourage bus every day," he said.

According Sarbini, the school holidays can be an opportunity for tourism businesses to increase their revenues. Manager of a tourist attraction, the culinary business, crafters and transportation can take advantage of these opportunities. "The tourism business and

local governments should organize a tourist attraction tourist arrivals associated with the student during the school holidays, "said Sarbini.

He said the tour offers students activities during school holidays nowadays has become the duty of every school, because it was frequently visited by students in Yogyakarta. "In anticipation of visiting students on school holidays, need to be a tourist attraction in DIY readiness, including educational tourist attraction which is quite a lot in the city of Yogyakarta," he said.

According Sarbini, in DIY especially in the city of Yogyakarta has many private universities and a nationally known, so they can attract students to visit it. "I urge the provincial government, district and municipal governments to continue to develop education-based tourist attraction. If education is developed as a tourist attraction, students would take advantage of school holidays to Yogyakarta," he said.

Sarbini added, a number of famous universities in Yogyakarta, among others, the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta State University (UNY), Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) as well as private higher some university could be interesting for a tourist attraction visited by students.

In addition, Yogyakarta also has dozens of museums that could be the object of educational tours for students, including the park which is a smart place to play-based education.

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