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Reading Journal By Kotchanipha Khanunthong Id number 6031006001 This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of therequirements for English reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

Grab Indonesia supports tourism, provides translation feature for travelersThe Jakarta PostAsia News NetworkJakarta October 01, 2018 07:32Grab Indonesia, in partnership with the Tourism Ministry, says it supports thedevelopment of tourism in Indonesia to help the government reach its target of welcoming20 million foreign travelers in 2019.\"We are now on co-branding [terms] with Wonderful Indonesia. It is only logical, as Grab [is] availablein 137 cities and serving 100 million clients in Southeast Asia,\" Grab Indonesia managing directorRidzki Kramadibrata told Tempo.co.In the Wonderful Indonesia co-branding partnership, Grab offers interesting features as well as touristinformation and promotional offers through its smartphone application.Ridzki pointed out that local and foreign travelers alike would be able to use a safe, qualitytransportation service named Grab Car Rent Wonderful Indonesia, through which cars could berented for 4-12 hours, and Grab Car Plus Wonderful Indonesia (with five-star rated drivers) to explorethe beauty of the archipelago.The application also includes restaurant recommendations to guide travelers to the culinary highlights.Information on local restaurants serving authentic local dishes available for order through Grab Foodis also featured in the app.Read also: Ministry launches mobile app for exploring Indonesia's national parksMoreover, to make Grab easier to use by travelers, the Grab Chat feature is now equipped with atranslation function that can translate some languages into Indonesian and vice versa.\"For instance, when there is a traveler from Vietnam or Thailand, they can use Grab Chat, whichwould automatically translate words according to language setting in their phones. Aside from that, wealso have photo-sharing feature to communicate pick-up points – very helpful for travelers,\" saidRidzki.Later on, Grab is set to feature recommended tourist destinations to its customers.\"We keep working to help improve people's wellbeing in the country [and] we are ready to assistWonderful Indonesia to succeed and develop Indonesia's potential as the new economic powerhousein the world,\" said Ridzki.Grab now operates in 235 cities across eight countries with more than 100 million users and fourmillion driver partners in Southeast Asia.http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30355525

Week 6 Title: Grab Indonesia supports tourism, provides translation feature for travelers Author: The Jakarta Post Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30355048 SummaryTourism ministry in Indonesia cooperates with Grab Indonesia to developand support the tourism in Indonesia. They can help the government forwelcoming foreign travelers in Indonesia. Grab cars in Indonesia offer theinteresting features such as the tourist information and promotion foroffering in their smartphone application. Moreover, the applicationincludes Grab Food. There are a lot of restaurant recommendations toguide travelers to the restaurant for special meals. In addition, there is theinformation on local restaurants for serving the local dishes and a newfeature of an application is Grab Chat feature with a translation function.This function can translate some languages into Indonesian. The travelerscan use Grab Chat for automatically translating words to language settingin their phones. The special thing is in this application have photo-sharingfeature to communicate the pick-up points. It’s very helpful for travelers. My reaction/reflection:This news reflects many things about transportation for traveling betweenour country and Indonesia. Indonesia uses the Grab cars to develop andimprove traveling in their country. On the other hand, Thailand uses theold transportation for traveling such as taxi, bus, motorcycle. Moreover,refusing the travelers and raising the price of traveling expense is the mostproblem for the tourist traffic. The government should realize and solvethese problems rapidly to develop our system of traveling. It can make abetter income for our country.

New words learned New Words Definitions1. Explore (V.)2. Archipelago (N.) Travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it.3. Culinary (Adj.) The project encourages children to explore4. Authentic (V.) the world of photography.5. Launch (V.) An extensive group of islands. The islands in the archipelago are mostly unspoiled and boast around 115 different bird species, including the rare crab plover. Of or for cooking. A tour of the college takes about an hour and is well worth the diversion from the culinary and shopping delights. Made or done in the traditional or original way, or in a way that faithfully resembles an original. The restaurant serves authentic Italian meals. Introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time. Two new Ford models are to be launched in the US next year.