A TRIP TO INDONESIA

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You have been hired as a travel agent to design travel packages to interested travellers. Your particular clients are children in years 5/6 at St Thomas the Apostle Primary School Kambah. Your clients are 2 children travelling together for 10 days (that means 9 nights for accomodation). They have a budget of $500.00 a day. What would children like to see and do in Indonesia? What part of Indonesia would children prefer to see? Children like to come and see you because you are an expert in the field, with lots of information at your fingertips through the World Wide Web (www). You need to show your commitment to your job and create a memorable trip for your clients.

Your client does not like to read endless amounts of information and so your need to approach him/her in a creativeway. They are after all much like you, a member of the MTV generation. The client will need a detailed list to act as an itinery including dates of travel, associated tours, day tours, places of interest, shopping malls, great buys, cultural exhibets, etc. But to earn their respect, you must demonstrate your knowledge of Indonesia and your commitment to giving them the best holiday possible for their money. So here's what you're being paid to do:-

Become an expert about Indonesian places of interest and holiday destinations.

Book flights to a specific destination

Book accommodation for your clients

Make a list of places of interest for your clients to visit, detailing what happens at each event.

Include information about climate for your clients information to determine the best travelling time.

You will find in Microsoft Works a template of a travel itinery. You must fill this in as you go along finding out the information for your clients.

Remember to work as a team and to have a concensus with what to do.

Remember to be helpful and thoughtful to complete your work.

Remember to use the Alt-tab keys to move from one screen to another.

Don't forget to use the back button at the top left of the screen to bring you back to this page.

Put in information in the itinery as you go by using the Alt-tab keys.

Have fun and learn lots!

1. The first thing you will need to do is familiarise yourself with the country of Indonesia. Click on the link below to go to a website that will allow you to find out some information about the country and look at a map to get your bearings.

Indonesian Information

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2. Choose a destination in Indonesia from the map of Indonesia from the maplink below.

Map of Indonesia

3. The next step would be to book and document flight details. Click on the weblink below to access the flight details needed. Choose a good time of year to go regarding weather details.

Airlines

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4. Take a look at the following weblink and choose suitable accommodation for your clients. Keep in mind you have a budget of US $150 a night for a twin share room.

Accommodation

Hotel Guide

5. Take a look at the following link and choose some tours that your clients would be interested in. Keep in mind that your clients are your age groups so try to choose some activities for

Tours

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Cycling

Bali Touring

Festivals and Happenings

What have you learned about Indonesia that you didn't really know before? In what ways has this project helped you to understand the culture and lifestyles of the Indonesian people? Do you think you have a better understanding of these things than you did before you partook in this WebQuest?

As you can see Indonesia has a wide and diverse culture such as ours and there are many things you can do over there that you could over here in Australia. But there are also many differences too. Hopefully you have found lots of interesting things about the similarities and differences between their culture and ours.

This page written by Annie Mowlam and Lyn Smith, annie.mowlam@sttap.act.edu.au
Last updated 16 June, 1999.