Indonesia consistent using Visit Indonesia LOGO

According to the some survey done by the tourism official of Indonesia, Logo Visit Indonesia gets well response from the market. It has some interesting aspect; they are the artistic of eye catching, and colorful logo picture, which descript the cultural of Indonesia. In that logo shows the illustration of garuda bird picture as the symbol of Indonesia.

The logo made of in the end of 2007 as the result selection from 25 creation which made by 17 companies. This logo launch first at 6 January 2008 as promotion action tourism Indonesia.

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Komodo Island is a one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature

Komodo Island has been chosen as a New 7 Wonders of Nature. This island chosen by voting doing of United Nation in 2009. Komodo Island is located to Nusa Tenggara Island, Indonesia or it is located in eastern of Bali.

This island is very famous with Komodo as the animal there and Indonesia has been making this island as National park of Komodo. Komodo is a scarce animal, the body looks like dinosaurs but the size is smaller one. According to the research department of forestry of Indonesia, there were about 1300 komodo there but if accumulate with quantity of Komodo which spread at others island, all about 2500.

Beside of Komodo, in this island there is unique plantation called by Kayu Sepang and uses by the villagers as medicine and coloring. The trunk of this plant sometimes taken to coloring the drinking water although makes the water be red.

Aceh Batik

Aceh is famous and well known as Indonesia part. It is not only known as the disaster area after got tsunami in 2004 but also it has cultural heritage.

One of the heritage there, is Batik Aceh although batik popular in Java Island. Glamour and beautiful you gets as the first impression when you see it caused it has different motif with the others. The motif of the Aceh batik shows combination cultural and natural colorful makes it glamour.

According to the makers of batik Aceh, the colorful nuance as a symbol of Aceh’s people. The motif tends to tell that the Aceh’s people are introvert men but if the others already known them, they will be very friendly. That is the character of Aceh’s, beside of that some motif shows that Aceh’s is a tolerance people and most of them are Moslem.

Aceh Batik sometimes using in formal ceremony such as in wedding party and designed resemble with the bride accessories. To know more detail about it, I suggest you come to Aceh by yourself.

Were Makaroni, Kandui, and Siloniak Island sold?

Is it right if the three islands in Mentawai sold? The clarification about it comes from the government official controlling of fishery resource of Indonesia Mr. Aji Sularso. He said that the information is a big liar. Therefore, for the visitors of privateislandsonline.com “the website where the advertisement release that the island sold” must be careful and do not believe about this issue.

He said there are some irresponsibility people who want to get some benefits from this. How could be there is a country wants to sell their own land to others if anybody want to lease it maybe that is OK. Makaroni, Kandui, and Siloniak Island is a part of Mentawai island and legally is apart of Indonesia area. Therefore, everybody must be careful about that issue.

In other hand, he admits the resort of that island is so beautiful and could become precious Indonesia tourism asset in the future.

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How disgraceful if somebody sell their own Country!

Batik as the heritage of Indonesia

After Wayang and Keris as the pioneers, “batik” successful be a heritage of Indonesia. United nation Education Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) define it as one of the specific cultural heritage of Indonesia and be a Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in the world. Why batik could become the heritage of Indonesia? Caused batik is the Icon of Indonesia.

Batik is very popular in Indonesia and develops it as the traditional clothes in Java Island since hundreds years ago. Because of the popularity, Batik spread to Malaysia brought by the migration of Indonesian to that Country. However as long as we love using Indonesian product, I am sure we always are best man and our product never been claim by another.

Now, the question is “Do we still have the character? I do not think so. Why? Just asking to your self as the Indonesian!

Taka Bonerate National Sea Park as Celebes Mainstay Tourism

Taka Bonerate Fish

Taka Bonerate National Sea Park is located in Kabupaten Selayar, South Sulawesi. This area is famous well known as the third of the largest atoll in the world after Kwajifein in Marshal Island and Suvadiva in Maldives Island. The large about 220.000 hectare, with reef spread as long as that area about 500 square km. This national sea park is a mainstay of Celebes Tourism and Indonesia Tourism caused of the beautiful scenery.

The topography is very interesting and unique which the atoll content of black rock and huge reef, formed be an island and between black rocks contain of small hill strait. Moreover, in the flat surface contain of fish pools closed by the reef. There are some plantations there but coconut (Cocos nucifera), Sea Pandan (Pandanus sp.), casuarinas, and almond tree (Terminalia catappa) dominate it.

Talking about reef, this area has been identified has 261 reef species from 17 family’s e.g. Pocillopora eydouxi, Montipora danae, Acropora palifera, Porites cylindrical, Pavona clavus, and Fungia concinna. Almost all of them are barrier reef and fringing reef with beautiful scenery. About 295 fish species found here, more of them are rockfish, 244 mollusk species, and some turtles make this area become their habitats. In fact there are 15 islands in Taka Bonerate that could be visited to diving, snorkeling, and others tourism activities. The best visiting time between April to June and from October to December yearly caused at the time the wave not so high.

Selayar as the place of Taka Bonerate National Sea Park could be get by ferry (small ship) from Bulukumba seaport about 2 hours and then continue to Benteng about 1.5 hours. From Benteng the traveling will be continuing to the Rajuni Island as a part of Taka Bonerate National Sea Park in 5 hours.

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Spend Holiday in Samalona Island

Samalona is the name of a beautiful Island in South Sulawesi. This island is a Celebes Tourism place and it is located in Kecamatan Mariso about 6.8 km from the seashore of Makassar as the Capital town of South Sulawesi. The visitors could dive and snorkeling for enjoying the beautiful sea there. This island contents of coral and become various vegetation habitats, white sand spread so clean and large. Moreover, 20 meters from the Samalona beach is a shallow area but in the Eastern and Northern could be 30 meters depth.

If we explore more detail, this island has historical of Indonesian struggle against the Netherlands colonialism, is signed by the Lancaster bomber aircraft which fallen in this area and has become habitats of fish. The fallen of Lancaster estimate happened in Second World War and make it as evidence this place ever been a battle area.

The visitors could get this area by boat about 20-30 minutes from Makassar with US$25/boat. Because of the beautiful of the scenery there, Samalona Island is an interesting Indonesia Tourism place in Celebes Island. In holiday, the local visitors loves spend their time here for relax. The visitors content of local student from Makassar, which use their spare time to enjoy the beautiful island scenery and waste their stress.

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National Sea Park of Wakatobi as the Asset of Celebes Tourism

Wakatobi (Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko) in fact is the name of four beautiful islands in South East Celebes, Indonesia. It is found as National Sea Park in 1996 and become one of the famous Celebes Tourism place. According to the research done by the WWF Indonesia Marine Program and the Nature Conservancy – Southeast Asia Center for Marine Protected Areas this area is very beautiful caused have various biotas and the second of the longest coral in Indonesia. The researchers note there are 942 coral biota species that lives here. It has been showing that the Wakatobi is the central of Coral Biota Species and almost same with species found in Milne Gulf Papua Nugenea and Komodo Island in Indonesia.

In Wakatobi National Sea Park, the Visitors could enjoy the beautiful of this island, diving, snorkeling, camping, and cultural tourism. For diving activities, the tourist could enjoy the beautiful of various coral species like fish, craps, mollusk, lobster, and coral plant. There some of Coral plant such as: Acropora formosa, A. hyacinthus, Psammocora profundasafla, Pavona cactus, Leptoseris yabei, Fungia molucensis, Lobophyllia robusta, Merulina ampliata, Platygyra versifora, Euphyllia glabrescens, Tubastraea frondes, Stylophora pistillata, Sarcophyton throchelliophorum, dan Sinularia spp. Moreover, the visitors could enjoy the cultural tourism by seeing the life style of native speaker. It is a little different with others man in the world caused they well known as the boatman and the king of diving. The native could dive to the sea looking for a fish without breath equipment and keep breath. Of course, it is an amazing!

For information, it is a little expensive get this Island specially for doing tourism travel. You necessary to spend about 2 million rupiahs (US$200), but I could guarantee that you will be satisfy. Moreover, in this island there is some diving resort like Mr. Lorenz Mader resort ‘s which has been complete with small airport. You could arrive in this island using pioneer airplane from Bali. The best visiting time is April to June and October to December. In others month not suggest to visit it, caused the wave is too huge and the traveling will be in risk.

Air temperature 19° – 34° C
Rainfall 1.000 – 2.200 mm/year
Location 0 – 3 meter dpl
Geographic position : 5°12’ – 6°10’ LS, 123°20’ – 124°39’ BT

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The Tourism of Surabaya's Old Building

Surabaya is the capital of East Java Province, Indonesia. This is the second big city after Jakarta. So many modern buildings were built in this city for business centre, offices, hotels, etc. Besides the modern buildings, we can find the old buildings which were built in the colonialism era. Jembatan Merah area was the centre of the business and the government activities in the past time. Became the most strategic and important area for supporting and controlling the governmental and the economical progressed in the whole area of East Java in the 18 till 19 century.

Kalimas River

The east side of Jembatan Merah, which over Kalimas River, was Asian area. Chinese, Malay, and Arabic people were living in this area. It is located at Kembang Jepun Street, and in the west side, was European area that is located at Rajawali Street. That is why there are so many old buildings that have different styles. European style in the west side and Asian style in the east side of Jembatan Merah. These old buildings are the witness of the colonialism era. Now if u visits Surabaya, you will see the beauty of these old buildings.

The Old Buildings

Kembang Jepun Street

So what are you waiting for? Be our guest in the capital of East Java. Enjoy so many tourism objects of Surabaya. You can choose it. Culinary tourism, religion tourism, shopping tourism, etc… But do not forget one thing. Enjoy the beauty of the old buildings. Be the witness of the old beauty of Surabaya.

Statistic of Indonesia Tourism Income

In 2008, tourist arrivals to Indonesia increased by 13.2%. The Economic crisis and travel advisories warning not give much impact to the Indonesia Tourism. If we compare with our neighbor country Thailand, Indonesia is better caused in the same year Thailand getting security trouble, where anti-government protests closed the country’s main international airport during November 2008. According to the data and explanation of Tourism and Culture minister of Indonesia Jero Wacik, Indonesia estimate receipt income about US$7.33 billion.

However, 2009 Will Be Challenging, one of the most important to increase and easier the travel of tourist is air travel but this country has black note record. In April 2009, the pilot of the Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 that crashed at Yogyakarta Airport in March 2007, killing 21 people, was found guilty of criminal negligence and jailed for two years. Marwoto Komar ignored some 15 cockpit warnings not to land his plane as he tried to land at twice the safe speed .Reaction from families of the five Australian victims has been critical, with many saying that a two-year sentence was too lenient. Indeed, prosecutors had been seeking a longer four-year term. Certainly, the trial has done much to remind foreign travelers that air travel in Indonesia remains less safe than elsewhere in the region.

However, it is not only the problem for our Tourism, so many other problems that could make the tourism-visiting statistic down, e.g. public election and economic crisis. Public election process could be making awareness to the visitors make security stability in Indonesia unstable. But as Indonesian we must try hard to keep good condition and find other way to increase the Indonesia tourism visiting.

As comparison of tourism statistic visiting, we could see table below.

Year	Tourist Amount	Expenditure/men (US$)		Staying Average (day)	National Income (million US$)
		/visit	/day
2001	5.153.620	1.053,36	100,42	10,49	5.396,26
2002	5.033.400	893,26	91,29	9,79	4.305,56
2003	4.467.021	903,74	93,27	9,69	4.037,02
2004	5.321.165	901,66	95,17	9,47	4.797,88
2005	5.002.101	904,00	99,86	9,05	4.521,89
2006	4.871.351	913,09	100,48	9,09	4.447,98
2007	5.505.759	970,98	107,70	9,02	5.345,98
2008	6.429.027	1.178,54	137,38	8,58	7.377,39

Source: Statistical Report on Visitor Arrivals to Indonesia

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http://www.marketresearch.com

The Paradise of Sea Park in Raja Ampat

Kabupaten Raja Ampat is an area of province West Papua, Indonesia. This area has 610 islands and atoll; four of the big are Misoo, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo. These areas have 4 million square meters land and make it as the biggest sea park in Indonesia. It is make it as a favorite Indonesia tourism place after Bali and Lombok.

The life of animals and sea biota in Raja Ampat is very various than others sea park in the world, well known as triangle world coral, Philippine-Indonesia-Papua Nugenea. This coral has become the hearth of world coral and protected according to the International protection regulation. Raja Ampat could be visited by ship (phinisi typical ship) which has been designed for diving aims. This ship could be moving about 10-12 knot from Sorong Harbor to Dampier Strait in Raja Ampat area.

One of the most famous in Raja Ampat is Sardine Reef is located in Kri Island as the center of under sea water kingdom in the world. This area have two resorts managed by Max Ammer, a Holland who fallen love to Raja Ampat. The Kri Island is a diving spot and well known caused the various fishes is very amazing. Dr. Gerald R Allen has researched this place and notes there are 283 fishes here. The topography is slopping steep with the beautiful coral and fishes cluster. The fishes e.g. Kuwe, shark, Napoleon Wrasse, Barracuda, Giant Trevally, etc… Therefore, it is reasonable if this place called as the Paradise of seawater world. More over this island have 537 corals and representative 75% of corals in the world, 828 fishes, according to the survey and research by world’s ecosystem official.

If you go to this place in full moon, beside look the beautiful of moon you will be greeting by dolphin cluster as long as your travel to Raja Ampat which jump and swim at ship side. As information the cost to visit this place from Sorong about US$200 by speed boat (10-15 persons).

Agung Mount as a Bali Tourism

Agung mount is the highest peak on Bali Island with 3142 meters above the sea water level. It is located in Kecamatan Rendang, Kabupaten Karangasem-Bali. This mount is a volcano type, has huge crater, and sometimes produce smoke and steam.

A destructive eruption occurred in 1963. Victims were killed by flow of magma about 820 persons, ejected glowing rock fragments and volcanic ash falls about 163 persons, and 165 persons were killed by lahars. However, today that area saves for the visitor, although the magma activity still active. In the morning you could enjoy the beautiful scenery in around of Agung mount, fresh air with misty area. There is no word we should say than "How beautiful is it".

National Sea Park of Bunaken

National Sea Park of Bunaken is an island with 8.08 km² in Manado Bay. It is located in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken Island could be taken about 30 minutes by speedboat from Manado as the capital town of North Sulawesi Province.

The Indonesia tourism place is the most famous in this area is national sea park of Bunaken. It is a place to do Scuba diving and done in 5 small islands. They are Manado Tua, Bunaken, Siladen, Mantehage, and Naen Island. National sea park of Bunaken has 20 diving spot with various depths until 1.344 meters. From 20 diving spot, 12 point of them is very crowded by the visitors caused the beautiful scenery of the sea world.

Beside of that, Bunaken National Sea Park offers beautiful scenery and various animals. There are about 91 of fish e.g. gusumi fish (Hippocampus kuda), white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps dan Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila gasi (Scolopsis bilineatus), etc… for Mollusca class the visitors could find Tridacna gigas, Cassis cornuta, nautilus pompillius, and tunikateslasdician.

It is well known as green area too caused the mangrove tree as long as the beach and become the habitats of crabs, various birds, and algae. There are 13 beautiful lives coral and the most interesting is vertical coral with 25-50 meters length.

Tanakita Camping 5 stars camp

Tanakita camp is located in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. The location is very beautiful with mount at around of it but the cost is more expensive. That is about US$35/person for a night.

The cost includes another activities e.g. tracking to Situgunung Lake and waterfall area, farming, Flying fox, etc… This place is very suit to spend your holiday with your family or doing company gathering. In the morning, you can spend your time by observing the animals in the forest by using binocular. You could observe it by using boat through of lake.

I just want to say this one is the new Indonesia Tourism in West Java but so beautiful place.

Bali is the Best Tourism Island in Asia Pacific

A magazine has been awarding Indonesia tourism as the best tourism Place in Asia Pacific. The tourism place, which get award, is Bali Island. Bali island get this award caused the visitor could be getting almost all tourism places there from mount, beach, cultural tourism, furniture unique product, waterfall, lakes, flower parks, ancient building, etc... All of the tourism place there could be found in Bali.

The magazine of DestinAsia as the Asia Pacific tourism magazine based in Hong Kong awarded Bali Island as The Best Island according to the reader pooling, since February 2008 to February 2009. Since 2006 DestinAsia has been five times nominate Bali as the winner. This award will be making Bali improve the facilities there by keeping the image as the best island and the most wanted tourism In Asia Pacific region.

According to the official of Indonesia Tourism department, Bali Island has been getting 25 awards in International level since 1998 and it is given caused the unique and the natural beautiful of Bali Island.