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search sites for airline tickets and hotels. Previously Traveloka focused on plane
tickets but as hotel room sales also increased, it also opened hotel room sales. If
you search for keywords such as hotels in Jakarta, hotels in Lampung, hotels on
sunset road Kuta, etc. you can see that the traveloka site is in the first position.
Secondly Tiket.com, which was built by five young people with the intention of
finding information about entertainment costs for tourist attractions in Indonesia,
the first time they collaborated with the train to help sell tickets online, then
continued to plane tickets, then entered the sale of hotel rooms. And it was
successful enough to take the hotel room sales market.
Finally Pegi – Pegi that is an Online Travel Agency in Indonesia that specializes
in selling hotel rooms, travel and airline ticket sales. It was built from 3
companies, namely: Alternative Media Group (AMG), Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd
and Altavindo, is quite successful with online sales.

Questions :
Choose True or False next to the statements bellow:
The culture and tourist attractions have develop everywhere in
Indonesia. ( T/ F )
OTA has built offices on the highway. ( T / F )
Traveloka started business in hotel room sales. ( T / F )
Traveloka is always on the top position in search engine optimization. ( T / F )
Tiket.com helps to sell online tickets collaborated with the train. (T /F )
The hotel room sales market was successful in Tiket.com. ( T – F )
Pegi – Pegi that specializes in travel and tour package. ( T – F )
Altavindo is one of the owner of Pegi-pegi.com. ( T – F )

Reading Activity 2

Read the text and answer the questions

TRAVELINDO TOUR & TRAVEL
Introduction
Founded in 1995, Travelindo is a travel agent serves Indonesian domestic and
international flight reservation and ticketing. Along with ticketing services,
Travelindo is a tour operator serving all the tourism need such as tour packages,
transportation, hotel information and reservation in Jakarta, Bali, Yogyakarta and
other places in Indonesia. As the member of ASITA (Association of Indonesia
Tours & Travel Agencies) and within more than fifteen years experience in travel
accommodation service business of the online travel services provider then
Travelindo will simplify your journey arrangement throughout Indonesia

All for Your journey plan
From the very first time, Travelindo realizes the importance of a successful travel
plan and always ensures customers get the best possible service to create an
unforgettable travel experience. Travelindo is a tour operator, a ground handler, a
travel agent, as well as the only agency in Yogyakarta that offers regular tours,
special interests, sports and hobbies, MICE, outbound training with specialization
in custom holidays; organize customers’ liberated self-arrangement tour itineraries