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Manado, N
Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - The ASEAN National Tourism Organizations (ASEAN-NTOs)
discussed sub-regional ASEAN cooperation on the second day of their meeting
here on Monday.
The
sub-regional cooperation covered three areas. One of them concerned the Greater
Mekong Sub Region (GMS) which involved Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and
Myanmar, he said.
The meeting
agreed to appoint Myanmar GMS chief.
The second
area of cooperation concerned development of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand
Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) in which Thailand had been appointed chief of the
tourism field.
The third
area of cooperation dealt with development of the Brunei-Indonesia- Malaysia-
Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) with Malaysia as chief of the
tourism field.
Wardiyanto
said in the discussion on sub regional ASEAN cooperation Indonesia had proposed
an IMT-GT Tourism Working Group meeting to be held in Palembang, South Sumatra,
in mid March 2012 prior to the IMT-GT Summit to be held in April 2012.
In
addition, he said at the discussion Indonesia also reported the preliminary
results of ASEAN Tourism Forum 2012 in which the number of participants of
travel exchange (travex) to be held on January 13-15 had exceeded the target of
1,400 participants.
"A
total of 1,413 people have confirmed a plan to take part in the event. The
number of travex participants is likely to increase," he said.
Editor: B Kunto Wibisono
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