Yogyakarta Hotels Set Tour Packages for Year-end Agenda

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hotels in Yogyakarta have set activities and special packages to boost occupancy during the year-end holidays.

“We have prepared many things, including the events on New Year’s Eve and Christmas Eve,” said Hotel Tentrem Public Relation Venta Pramusanti in Yogyakarta, Wednesday, November 14.

According to Venta, the trend of hotel room occupancy during the year-end holidays usually reaches above 95 percent. Even the room reservations for New Year’s Eve at Hotel Tentrem now have reached 75 percent.

Specifically for New Year’s Eve, she went on, Hotel Tentrem will hold the “The Best of 2 Divas Concert” music concert featuring Titi DJ and Reza Artamevia with the ticket prices starting from Rp350,000 for the silver class. For the Christmas and New Year, the dinner packages will also be provided.

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The Chairman of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Istijab M Danunagoro, said that the momentum of the Christmas and New Year holidays included in the peak season category and specifically for the New Year’s Eve included in the very peak season.

Therefore, all three to five-star hotels in Yogyakarta will prepare special agendas to compete in attracting visitors. “ The hotels will apply the full rate without discounts and some hotels even apply the surcharge,” he said.

According to Istijab, during the year-end holidays, the hotel occupancy in the "ring one" or in the center of Yogyakarta can be above 90 percent to 100 percent. Meanwhile, the ring two can reach 80-90 percent, and the ring three can reach 70-80 percent.

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