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Article: S'POREAN TOURISTS PREFER JOHOR BARU TO BATAM.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
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- April 28, 2005
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Surabaya, Apr 28 (ANTARA) - Head of the Batam Tourism Promotion Board in Riau island, Daniel Chendra said that these days more foreign tourists, particularly from Singapore, went to Johor Baharu in Malaysia than to Batam island in Indonesia, apparently because Malaysia promised more convenient and lower-cost tourist facilities."These days, the number of foreign tourists, especially from Singapore, to Batam tend to decrease since the Government charged US$ 10 on each person for a visa-on-arrival in Indonesia," he said here Thursday. He said that in 2004, the number of foreign tourists to Batam reached 1,2 million, and he was rather pessimistic that this ...