REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA -- Yogyakarta Province is becoming one of the tourist attractions in Indonesia, for both foreign and domestic tourists, stated culture and tourism practitioner Widi Utamingsih.

"Yogyakarta is one of the favorite destinations for tourists. Although there are several attractive tourist destinations in Indonesia, Yogyakarta has an advantage over the others," Chairman of Widya Budaya Yogyakarta Foundation Widi Utamingsih noted here on Monday.

Widi added that there is a lot of potential for tourism in Yogyakarta, but the stakeholders needed to improve the promotion of its tourist sites.

"Other destinations compete to promote their potentials. If Yogyakarta is slow in promoting its strengths, then tourist visitations will probably decline," she added.

Widi explained that a number of foreign tourists, who had visited Yogyakarta earlier, had expressed admiration over the destination. They asserted that the tourism sites in Yogyakarta not only include Sultan Palace, Prambanan Temple and Malioboro, but a lot of other attractive spots like the traditional crafts market.

"The reasons why they visited Yogyakarta are for its comfort, conducive atmosphere and several tourism locations," she explained.

The other reasons, according to Widi, are the costs of living and craft prices that are cheap as well as the local cultural environment and the people.

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