JAKARTA – Angkasa Pura Airports collaborates with PT Taman Wisata Borobudur Prambanan Ratu Boko (TWC), a state-owned company which manage the temples, to support the operation of Yogyakarta International Airport in Kulon Progo and to develop 10 priority tourism destinations.
The synergy between the two SOEs is in the form of creating tourism campaign materials for Yogyakarta, Solo, and Semarang (Joglosemar) with consideration that these three regions are the main magnet and priority destination with the iconic Borobudur Temple.
“Angkasa Pura Airports manages the airports while TWC has the tourism content, so we collaborate to build our potential together to attract more tourists. The concept of the collaboration includes a joint tourism information center, joint promotion road trip, and joint merchandising. Yogyakarta International Airport in Kulon Progo has several potentials of "branding spots" that can be used by TWC to promote tourism, "said Angkasa Pura Airports director of marketing and services Devy Suradji.
TWC President Director Edy Setijono said Joglosemar is the entrance for tourists who will visit Yogyakarta and Central Java.
"Joglosemar is also a favorite destination for tourists who join the Java-Bali overland tour package and cruise ship which stopped at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang. However, accessibility remains a major problem to reach the target of two million foreign tourists in 2019," Edy said.
Edy is optimistic that the operation of Yogyakarta International Airport, which will become one of the largest airports in Indonesia, is going to be a new entrance for foreign and domestic tourists to reach the Joglosemar regions.
So far, the construction progress of Yogyakarta International Airport, which is one of the National Strategic Projects (PSN), has reached 90 percent for the operational phase of the international terminal. Meanwhile, for full operation, the construction progress has reached 45 percent.
In the international terminal, Yogyakarta International Airport will serve six international flights per day, transferred from Adisutjipto International Airport in Yogyakarta. "International flights are targeted to operate by the end of April 2019. The details are two flights to and from Singapore and four flights to and from Kuala Lumpur," Devy added.
Yogyakarta International Airport is targeted to start its full operation by the end of the year. With a terminal area of 210,000 square meters and a runway length of 3,250 x 45 meters, the airport will be able to accommodate widebody aircraft landing. The airport has a capacity of 14 million passengers per year, nine times the capacity of Adisutjipto International Airport.
