04 desember 2010 07:35

Indonesian ’Solo Exhibition’ in Karachi

Karachi, Pakistan - The second Indonesia “Solo Exhibition” would be organized here from December 3 under the auspices of the Consulate General of Indonesia in Karachi.

This was announced by the Consul General of Indonesia in Karachi, Rossalis R. Adenan. He told a news conference on Tuesday that the two-day event would focus on promoting Indonesia tourism and will also display Indonesian products such as spices, textiles, paper products and consumers goods.

Cultural events as well as seminars would also be organized during the exhibition, it was further stated. It was pointed out that there is a lot of potential of economic collaboration between Indonesia and Pakistan.

Adenan emphasised the role of tourism towards the economic growth and pointed out that the target for the tourist arrival in Indonesia for the year 2011 has been set as seven million. He said that Indonesia and Pakistan enjoy excellent political relations but stressed that these should also be reflected in other fields such and economy and tourism etc.

Adenan said that in the year 2009 the economic growth rate of Indonesia remained at 4.6 percent and in 2010 it would be between six to seven percent. He pointed out that the culture of Indonesia has been diverse and there are 300 ethnic groups with the country’s population of 230 million. ‘Although we are diverse, we are united’, he added.

Source: http://www.pakistantimes.net
Photo: http://www.deplu.go.id

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