Thamrin B. Bachri, Director General for Marketing of Indonesia's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued the following statement on the aftermath of the earthquake:
Posted by rollingrains at May 28, 2006 04:47 PM
The most affected area is Bantul, indicated by the casualty rates due to home collapses. To
date, there have been no report on hotel collapse, but some
minor damage happened such as wall cracking and tiles.
Further, there has been no injured or overseas tourists nor
casualties.Yogyakarta airport, which part of building was
slightly affected, is expected to resume normal operation on
Sunday, 28th afternoon. Once open, the airport will be used
primarily for transporting relief-related goods and personnel.
All Yogyakarta linked flights are redirected to Solo and
Semarang, the closest airport locations from Yogyakarta.