Transportation in Berlin known as tram help promotes “Wonderful Indonesia” with images of various tourist attractions in Indonesia including Borobudur, Bali and Komodo Island.
“I am proud to witness tram in Berlin decorated with various tourist attractions of Indonesia,” said Lina Berlina, Indonesian designer living in Berlin, Tuesday, March 8.
The promotion is due to Indonesia’s participation in the world’s largest promotional exhibition ITB Berlin which will be held from March 9-13.
Deputy Director for International MarComm of Tourism Ministry Agustini Rahayu said that Wonderful Indonesia promotion in Berlin trams will be from March 7 to April 25.
The routes that are passed by the trams with Wonderful Indonesia promotion go through Zone AB/ABC or Berlin’s community activity center and have become Berlin’s city attraction. Tram No. M6 and M4 pass Alexanderplatz, which is the heart of Berlin, and Hackeser Markt.
There are images of tourist attractions in Bangka Belitung, images traditional dancers from Nias Island and Barong from Banyuwangi, as well as images of traditional custom of Balinese, etc.
Agustini Rahayu said the tram with “Wonderful Indonesia” promotion have a registration number of 1033, 1068, 1092, 1070, 1503, 1575, 1520, 4007, 4008, 4010, 8014, 8015, 8016, 8017, 8018 and also in two subways; number 1011-1 and 1011-4.
The promotion of Wonderful Indonesia was decided to be applied on trams and subways since the 352 trams in Berlin have 181.1 million passengers per year.
This means there are about 513,031 passengers per tram and the campaign from March – April is expected to cover 1,282,578 passengers.