Chin Hui Yun (206)
My country is Kalimantan Balikpapan and the accommodation I feel would be most profitable if built would be a luxury hotel. A luxury hotel located in the city centre offers the highest level of personalised and professional service, catering to people with high spending power and those who prefer travelling in luxury and comfort while guaranteeing a lookout for their customers’ wellbeing and safety. In summary of my arguments stated below, since the most common types of tourists coming into Balikpapan would be businesspeople and tourists seeking material pursuits, our target audience would be customers with high spending power. Due to eruptions of violence in the countryside, the accommodation should also offer optimum safety and wellbeing for their customers and be located in the city centre. Therefore, my argument would be that the most suitable accommodation would be a luxury hotel.
As I have mentioned in the introduction, a luxury hotel would be the most suited accommodation recognising that the tourists coming into Balikpapan tend to spend on areas such as trade, wholesale and retail, generating an output of 387 trillion rupia, compared to the mere 10 trillion rupia generated by amusement and recreation, it implies that the tourists attracted to Balikpapan usually have high spending power and seek material pursuits rather than cultural exposure. Thus, luxury hotels located in the central shopping district would appeal and complement this trend of high-spending tourists coming into Balikpapan. Statistics also show that outputs gained from mining is as high as 188 trillion rupia. This high output will attract foreign investments, particularly in the exploitation of rich natural and mineral resources such as petroleum, tin, natural gas and so on as stated in the Central Intelligence Agency. Since Balikpapan has several international oil