Bukittinggi, W Sumatra - Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are scheduled to join a Nusantara arts and culture, trade and industry exhibition which will take place here in October 2008, an official said.
"We have contacted the four countries and they agree to take part in the event in October," Nasrul M Pietra, head of the Bukittinggi Arts and Culture Agency said on Wednesday.
This annual event in October will be the eighth of its kind, and the promotion by the local administration was aimed at luring more foreign tourists to come to the cool weather city.
In holding cultural event, which will take place from October 28 to November 6, 2008, the local administration has prepared a total of Rp350 million.
The local administration will resume cooperation with PT Oasis Mitra Pratama, a third party based in Jakarta, Nasrul said, adding that M Ramzi Ibrahim, a Malaysian national has been assigned to serve as Bukittinggi‘s "tourism envoy" in Malaysia.
Source: www.antara.co.id (06/12/08)
