North Sumatra provincial government cooperated with the Office of Bali's tourism promotion as an effort to increase tourist arrivals to the area.

Kuta Beach

Toba Lakes

North Sumatra provincial government cooperated with the Office of Bali's tourism promotion as an effort to increase tourist arrivals to the area.


What are the advantages in Bali will be given to North Sumatra, and vice versa. We see the potential of Sumatra pretty good.
- Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu

"We see the potential of tourism in Bali are very advanced. Balinese We hope to provide learning and helped promote tourism in North Sumatra," said North Sumatra Provincial Secretary, Nurdin Lubis, on the sidelines of the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the provincial government of Bali, in Denpasar, Thursday (02/07/2013) night.

According to Nurdin, the average foreign tourists visiting each year only around Sumatra 250 thousand people, far adrift with a degree Bali foreign tourist arrivals to three million people per year. "The MoU that contain settings twin tourist destination, we hope to boost the number of tourists visiting North Sumatra, Lake Toba in particular to the region," he said.

Nurdin hope, through this cooperation, if there are foreign tourists to Bali in itself also will be promoted to visit Sumatra.

"After the signing of this MoU, we will cooperate with the perpetrators of tourism. We will also be joined eleventh member of the Board constituted Bali Tourist Information Centre. Least this is a preliminary information for tourists who come to Bali that there are interesting sights in the area us, "said Nurdin.

Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office, Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu welcomes cooperation twin provinces in terms of tourism promotion which was considered a win-win. "What are the advantages in Bali will be given to North Sumatra, and vice versa. Sumut We see the potential for pretty good too," he said.

Subhiksu found, in the future development of tourism in Bali, especially in tourism is expected to have a similar nature. "Bali has a tourist information center that could be used more to promote North Sumatra, so they do not have to go far for tourism promotion," he said.

According Subhiksu, in accordance with the concept of "Bali and Beyond" the island remains a magnet for tourism, but other areas should be sprayed as well.