Last year we targeted 13,8 million but unfortunately, because of the tsunami, we were only able to attract 12 million. |
Political conflict has directly affected visitors' confidence. |
The demonstrations were peaceful, so the impact was only on incentive travel from Singapore and China. From Singapore we lost 5 000, and China 10 000, but now it's come back. |
This year again the target is 13,8 million visitors, and 79,3 million domestic trips, which together should generate about US$20-billion. |
When there was the tsunami last year, I thought that was the end of the tourism industry but we recovered very fast, in only six months. |