REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SLEMAN -- Some 11 tourism villages in Sleman district, Yogyakarta, are ready to receive thousands of tourists during the 2015 Idul Fitri, or Lebaran holiday season, according to the local Culture and Tourism Department spokesperson Ayu Laksmidewi.

"The tourism managers in the villages in Sleman have expressed their readiness to receive thousands of tourists during the Lebaran holiday season this year," Ayu stated here on Monday.

She pointed out that there are more than 30 tourism villages in Sleman, but some are developing well while some are not, and hence, they need to be intensively promoted.

"Of more than 30 tourism villages in Sleman, only 11 are poised to receive the tourists during this year's Lebaran holiday season," Ayu pointed out.

According to Ayu, the number of tourism villages in Sleman continues to increase from year to year, and they have become an alternative tourist destination.

"The tourism villages are very flexible, as they can provide facilities for holding both large- and small-scale Meeting, Incentive, Conference, and Exhibition (MICE) activities," Ayu noted.

She affirmed that both domestic and foreign tourists will flock to the tourism villages of Pentingsari, Umbulharjo, Cangkringan, Tanjung, Donoharjo, Ngaglik, Dukuh, Donokerto Turi, Rumah Domes, Sumberharjo, and Prambanan during this year's holidays.

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