With this year’s theme “Family GO Adventure”, Deep and Extreme Indonesia 2012 campaigns to encourage families together to go on adventure and extreme sports. This year’s annual diving and adventure show Deep and Extreme Indonesia 2012 will be take place for a full four days at the Jakarta Convention Center, from 29 March to 1 April [...]
From 28 March to 1 April 2012, the tranquil town of Ubud at the cultural heart of Bali Island will once again be filled with worldwide spirituality as the Bali Spirit Festival 2012 gets underway. The 5-day- and-night marquee event offers over 100 workshops, convenes dozens of top international yoga and dance instructors and world class musicians, and attracts [...]
President of the New7Wonders Foundation Bernard Webber and Komodo Ambassador M Jusuf Kalla visited Komodo Island in West Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, on Thursday.
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In a recent article of 17 February on CNN Go, CNN selected the Komodo seas in Indonesia’s East Nusatenggara province amongst ten of “Asia Stunning Underwater Sites”. Besides Komodo, CNN also recommended three other Indonesia dive sites, these are the Derawan Islands in East Kalimantan, Raja Ampat in West Papua, and Tulamben in Bali, as [...]
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Jakarta says it wants to lure 21 million tourists in 2011, up from 17.5 million in 2010. The Jakarta Culture and Tourism Agency wants to attract 19 million domestic visitors to Jakarta in 2011, up from 17.5 million in 2010, and 2 million foreign tourists, up from 1.89 million, agency head Arie Budiman said on [...]
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Tourism in Indonesia, especially in the cultural city of Yogyakarta is expected to develop even faster following an important role played by tourist guides. Indonesian Tourism Humanity Friendship Forum (Fosipa) chairman Sarbini said in Yogyakarta over the weekend that the tourist guides had an important role to support the image of that tourism city with [...]
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The number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia last year grew 10.74 percent to 7,002,944 from 6,323.730 the year before, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said. In December 2010 alone, 644,221 foreign tourists visited the country, a 3.01 percent increase compared to 625,419 in December 2009, the center for data processing and network system at the [...]
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PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has invited 27,882 cruise ship passengers to visit different parts of Indonesia in 2010. “Many cruise ship passengers have been eyeing our operating areas for making tours in Indonesia,” spokesman for PT Pelindo III Iwan Sabatini said here Friday on the number of cruise ship passengers who visited his working [...]
Ever fancy yourself being a mermaid? Being able to swim along with other creatures of the sea, moving to the rhythm of the waves? In the Bunaken Marine Park, you will encounter a real “mermaid”, and you can also get a glimpse of sea life here. Bunaken is an 8.08 km² island in the Bay [...]
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Samosir district government in North Sumatra continues to develop every potential to make the area an environmentally-based tourism destination. “To make the tourism industry a dominant sector here, the environmentally-based development should be strengthened,” Samosir district Culture and Tourism Office spokesperson Melani Butarbutar said here on Monday. She said various sectoral development programs would be [...]
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