PHRI: Culinary Package Increase Hotel Occupancy

Kompas.com/Ni Luh Made Prithvi f. Barbeque station at Sperta, Grand Kemang Hotel.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) assess culinary tourism packages in hotels boost occupancy rates potential predicted to be down on the week before the Lebaran 2012.

Chairman of PHRI Yanti Sukamdani, Jakarta, Monday (14/8/2012) predict occupancy rates at hotels across Indonesia over the past week will be down before Lebaran, so it must be with disiasati package offers culinary tours.

"To boost declining hotel occupancy rates in the week prior to lebaran, generally give hotels culinary tours packages," he said.

PHRI since some time ago predicts a week before in the feast, hotel occupancy rates will go down or lonely.

According to culinary tourism packages, Yanti at hotel will be one to boost efforts for effective revenue perpetrators of the hospitality industry in the country. "In addition to offering culinary tourism packages in hotels as well there are some hotel organizes safari Ramadan," he said.

Even so, She stresses, function of MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Exhibition) in hotels is also still running during Ramadan.

"The Meeting is still because there are things that cannot be undone, there is indeed an event already arrange away the previous day. So the way it stays the way continue to, "he said.

She adds, the overall influence of fasting and lebaran this year along with months of peak season holidays just a little exert influence on the decrease in hotel occupancy rates.

"There's a lot of influence, indeed only to wisnus there is little influence but they are still traveling despite diminished," he said.

Whereas in order to keep it running as usual wisman because generally already do booking away days before their arrival to Indonesia.

Until the first half of this year, noting hotel occupancy rate PHRI throughout Indonesia on average 65 per cent. "Most of the interest is a 2-star hotel, 3 stars, and especially budget hotels, 3 star hotel though and stars 4 remains too high demand," he said.