Umkhankaso kahulumeni wase-Indonesia othi Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 awukafinyeleli umgomo obulindelekile. Ngokusho kwabagxeka uhulumeni wase-Indonesia, kuze kube manje sehlulekile.
Izibalo ezisemthethweni ezivela ku-Central Bureau of Statistics zibonisa, inani labavakashi bakwamanye amazwe engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka libonisa i-3.4 million kancane. Uma izibalo ziqhubeka ngendlela efanayo, kusho abagxeki, kuzoba nezivakashi ezengeziwe ezingu-600,000, okulethe ingqikithi yazo ezigidini ezingu-6.4, ngaphansi kakhulu komgomo kahulumeni wezigidi ezingu-7.
UJero Wacik, ungqongqoshe wezamasiko nezokuvakasha e-Indonesia utshele i-House of Representatives yezwe, uMnyango wakhe uzokwethula iFilm Festival kanye neVegetarian Food Festival eBatam ngemizamo yokufinyelela lokho okuhlosiwe. “Sizama ukwenza amagalelo ekukhushulweni kwethu,” kusho yena. "Umphumela uzothatha isikhathi."
Abagxeki baphinde baveze, ukuvakasha kuka-Wacik kwe-VIY 2008 okuqhubekayo e-Japan kuzomgcina ematasa uma ehlela ukudayisa i-VIY 2008 embonini yezokuvakasha yaseJapane. Bambalwa e-Japan abazi mayelana nephromoshini ye-VIY 2008. "I-Keizai Kai iwumbukiso omkhulu wezokuvakasha e-Asia, ohlelwe yi-Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA)."
“Ngiyihlolile, basembalwa kakhulu abakwaziyo ngayo,” kusho uStephen Pearlman, umphathi wezobudlelwano bomphakathi weJapan Airlines. “Abenzeli abakhulu abambalwa bezokuvakasha baseJapan, okuhlanganisa i-JTB, i-HIS babengazi nge-VIY 2008.”
UTadahiko Narita, ovela ehhovisi elikhuthaza ezokuvakasha e-Indonesia eJapane uveza ukuthi ukuntuleka kwezinto ezinyathelisiwe zokukhangisa, nokuntuleka kwezimali kuye kwakhinyabeza ukukhuthazwa eJapane. “Ukwengezwa kukho, ngenxa yokungaphrintwa kahle kwezincwajana ngolimi lwesiJapane, asinazo izincwajana ezikhuluma nge-VIY 2008.”
U-Wacik uvumile, izehlakalo zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Bali kanye nezinhlekelele zemvelo ezenzeke e-Indonesia eminyakeni embalwa edlule zibeke phansi isibalo sabavakashi bangaphandle abavakashela e-Indonesia. Kodwa-ke, uthe, "Kufanele sihlale sinethemba lokuthi sizofinyelela esihlosweni sethu."
Vakashela i-Indonesia Year 2008 umqondisi jikelele wezokumaketha u-Sapta Nirwanda uthe: ” Asikhangisi ku-TV, kodwa samukela 'ukumaketha kwama-guerrilla' ukuze siphromothwe. I-Indonesia isebenzisa indlela ehlukile yokukhangisa.”
