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THE ASSOCIATION of Indonesian Airline Ticket Selling Companies (ASTINDO) officially held the ASTINDO Hybrid Travel Fair on 3-6 March 2022 at the Main Atrium Mall PIK Avenue Jakarta.
“ASTINDO Hybrid Travel Fair 2022 is much smaller in scale than in previous years. This is done to adjust the conditions of travel agents who have almost suspended animation for two years, but must be resurrected immediately, so as not to fall asleep,” said the General Chair. ASTINDO Pauline Suharno through her statement, quoted on Friday (3/04).
“Travel agents have suffered for two years, with the prevalence of vaccinations in Indonesia, and seeing the conditions abroad that have begun to facilitate tourist travel both domestically and internationally, we think this is the right time to start deploying our merchandise and selling again. Hopefully Of course, so that travel agents can increase sales, especially considering the conditions last year where there was a consistent increase in sales transactions starting from January–November 2021,” said Pauline.
Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the ASTINDO Hybrid Travel Fair 2022 Organizing Committee, Anton Sumarli, said that this event was held in a hybrid manner so that visitors, apart from visiting the PIK Avenue Mall, could also see the exhibition through www.astindovirtualtravelfair.com, and interact directly with travel assistants from travel agents and ASTINDO Hybrid Travel Fair 2022 participants.
Also participating in this exhibition are 15 travel agents, there are 4 Tourism Villages that won the 2021 Tourism Village Award, Tourism Villages representing 5 Super Priority Destinations (DSP) and 10 DPP.
ASTINDO Hybrid Travel Fair 2022 is also supported by 13 domestic and international airlines, as well as a number of foreign tourism promotion agencies.
In addition, ASTINDO also provides subsidies for the sale of Domestic Tour Packages to 5 Super Priority Destinations (DSP) plus Belitung and Bali, which aims to support government programs, as well as provide a showroom to further the success of the Moto GP implementation in Mandalika.
“It is hoped that in the four-day period ASTINDO Travel Fair 2022, more than 10,000 direct visitors can attend, as well as being attended online from various parts of Indonesia. In addition, in order to support government programs which in this case is the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, ASTINDO will subsidize prices Domestic Tour Packages, especially for the fifth DSP destination, so that the 5 DSP tour packages will be more affordable, “completed Anton. [traveltext.id]
