• News Archive
  • Simaster
  • Webmail
  • Directory
  •  English
    • Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • Education
    • Doctoral dissertation
    • Inauguration of Professor
    • Graduation
  • Achievement
  • Research and Innovation
    • Research
    • Innovation
  • Campus Info
    • Cooperation
    • Seminar and Workshop
    • Student Community Service Program
    • Other
  • News Report
  • Home
  • News Report
  • Indonesia May Learn from Spain to Promote Tourism

Indonesia May Learn from Spain to Promote Tourism

  • 13 March 2018, 09:21 WIB
  • By: Marwati
  • 721
  • PDF Version
RI Bisa Belajar dari Spanyol Soal Pengembangan Sektor Pariwisata

Spain is seen as having successfully improved its economy from tourism sector despite the crisis that happened along with the crisis affecting Greek. Spain has attracted from 4 million to 11 million visitors in just four years.

This was said by Indonesian Ambassador to Spain, Dra. Yuli Mumpuni, in a debriefing forum at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM on Monday (12/8).

According to Ambassador Yuli, the success was not apart from the efforts made by the previous Mayor of Madrid that had encouraged all sectors to boost tourism sector.

Spain, according to the Ambassador, made heritage as the main target of tourists. Their strength lies in the existence of 45 sites protected by the Unesco as opposed to Indonesia which only has 6 sites.

The previous Mayor of Madrid had also asked small and medium enterprises to participate in the movement by encouraging tourists to shop using free vouchers. “The Mayor of Madrid applied shopping tourism, from small to big shops were involved and all sectors supported it,” she said.

The Spanish government also paid attention to responses from visitors stated in questionnaires distributed to the tourists related to tourism destinations. The government would then evaluate the results every year.

“The policy they issue is really customer driven,” she said.

She added that the Spanish government also encouraged the provincial government to make creativity and innovation in developing ecotourism, such as wine picking in the vineyard and brewing their own wine. Some would offer filmmaking locations to Hollywood, facilitated by hotels and resorts.

Other speakers in the event were the Ambassadors to Sudan, Drs. Burhanuddin, to Libya, Raudin Anwar, and to South Africa, Drs. Suprapto Martosetomo.

Ambassador Burhanuddin said the problem in Sudan was to eliminate the stigma that the country was still in conflict and terrorism. In fact, the condition was quite the opposite. “Sudan is relatively conducive and safe,” he said.

He said there were 2,000 Indonesian students studying in Sudan. “Most of them learn religion. While the number of migrant workers is over 700 people,” he said.

Ambassador Burhanuddin said the duty of the Indonesian Embassy was to give protection to the Indonesian nationals, moreover Sudan does not impose visa regulations for migrant workers. “Our migrant workers can enter Sudan without visas, so what we do is to give them protection,” he said.

The Ambassador to Libya, Raudin Anwar, said there were 500s nationals in Libya while the post-revolution condition was still not conducive. Tribal wars still emerge. “Due to the very dangerous situation of Libya, protection of Indonesian nationals became the priority of the Indonesian Embassy,” he said.

 

Related News

  • 20 UGM Students Learn Tourism from Japan

    Monday,14 November 2016 - 8:18
  • Sports Trigger Tourism Development in Indonesia

    Friday,27 April 2018 - 9:07
  • World Tourism Activists Gather at UGM

    Tuesday,06 March 2018 - 10:27
  • Japanese Scout Learns Indonesian Scout at UGM

    Thursday,02 March 2017 - 8:50
  • Indonesian Tourism: Between Disaster Threat and Potential

    Monday,29 April 2019 - 14:59

News Releases

  • UGM Inaugurates New Professor of Chemical Engineering 13 May 2022
    Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) celebrated the promotion of
    Salma
  • UGM Among World’s 10 Best Universities to Deliver SDG 1 10 May 2022
    Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) was ranked in the top 10 glo
    Salma
  • UGM Receives WIPO IP Enterprise Medal 29 April 2022
    Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has picked up the WIPO IP En
    Salma
  • Regulatory Sandbox for Health Technology 28 April 2022
    A team of UGM researchers led by Dr. E. Elsa Herdiana Murh
    Salma
  • UGM Center for Digital Society Kicks Off Anti-Harmful Content Project 28 April 2022
    UGM Center for Digital Society (CfDS) has launched the har
    Salma

Info

  • Install Fest Windows
    29 September 2017
  • Streaming Author Workshop Writing and Publishing
    14 July 2017
  • Hokkaido University Short Term Exchange Program HUSTEP
    08 January 2016
  • 2016 Amgen Scholars Program in Japan
    08 January 2016
  • Jardine Foundation Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge
    01 July 2015

Event

  • 30May International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) 2022 ...
  • 21Jul The International Conference on Sustainable Environment, Agriculture, and Tourism (ICOSEAT)...
  • 07Sep The 8th International Conference on Science and Technology (ICST 2022)...
Universitas Gadjah Mada
UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
Bulaksumur Yogyakarta 55281
   info@ugm.ac.id
   +62 (274) 588688
   +62 (274) 565223
   +62 811 2869 988

PARTNERSHIP

  • Alumni
  • International Affairs

ABOUT UGM

  • Rector's Welcome
  • History
  • Vission and Mission
  • The Board of Executive
  • Management

VISIT UGM

  • Campus Map
  • Event

REGISTRATION

  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Vocational School
  • Professional Program
  • International Program

© 2022 Universitas Gadjah Mada

PRIVACY POLICYCONTACT