Friday, July 1, 2011

Largest Marine Park in Indonesia

This is the beauty of Raja Ampat who started it famous. Consisting of 1500 islands and atoll, as well as four large islands, coral reefs of Raja Ampat save most comprehensive in the world. Not to mention the waters. With glass-clear water, a cliff with a height of 100 meters, the fish underneath can be seen clearly.

Raja Ampat is also home to various species of birds of paradise, maleo, parrots, cockatoos and a variety of orchids.

Diving is a favorite activity for those who go to the largest marine park in Indonesia. Look at the pictures of the beauty of Raja Ampat below:













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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Garuda Wisnu Kencana


Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park): abbreviated GWK, is a tourist park on the southern island of Bali. Tourist park is located at Tanjung Nusa Dua, Badung regency, about 40 kilometers south of Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali.

In the garden area of this culture, is planned to set up a landmark or a mascot of Bali, which is a giant-sized statue of the god Vishnu who was riding his mount, Garuda, as high as 12 meters.



Area Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park located at an altitude of 146 meters above the ground surface or 263 feet above sea level

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Source  : Wisatanesia.Com

Parangtritis


Wisatanesia.com-On the southern coast of Yogyakarta, there are about 13 objects which have the charm of tourist beaches, was Parangtritis always ranked top in the figure excursions, compared to other beaches. The beach is located about 27 km from the city of Yogyakarta, can be achieved through Kretek Village or the longer route, but the scenery is more beautiful that is through Imogiri and Siluk Village.

The beach belonging to the Bantul area is a sloping beach, with rocky hills, coastal scenery and white sand and limestone hills on the north coast.

 In this area, tourists can wander the beach using a gig and a rented horse and driven by locals. As well as a place of recreation, Parangtritis also a sacred place. Many visitors who come to meditate. This beach is one place to do Labuhan ceremony of Sultan's Palace.

In the dry season, the wind was blowing hard as not to be outdone by the waves of an average as high as 2-3 meters. Often there is a visitor was heard south coast waves swept away. Strangely, the bodies of visitors that fateful, vanish like the earth swallowed. Average SAR team could only find her body 2-3 days later after conducting searches. Typically, the location of the discovery of the bodies are not in an area where visitors are swallowed waves. Bodies found hundreds of meters, sometimes even several kilometers from its original location.

Among the local community, such mysterious events, reinforce the myth that marine authorities, commonly called Nyi Roro Kidul (Queen of the South Coast), like "eliminate" people who do not heed the rules of nature. From the scientific side, such incidents further strengthen the theory that the ocean trench south of Java is loaded under the constantly moving currents. Any item that swept the waves from the beach, dragged down and stranded in different locations.

Trust the local community about the legend of Nyi Roro Kidul is also in itself gave birth to charm. Almost every Friday night and Tuesday POND POND, visitors and local fishermen perform rituals at the beach. Pelarungan colored ritual offerings and colorful flowers into the sea. The highlight of the ritual is usually occur at night 1 Suro, and two-three days after the feast of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. In essence, fishermen asked for salvation and mercy for him from ruling the earth and sky.

Source : WisataNesia.Com

Sunday, June 26, 2011

BALI among MOST PREFERRED DESTINATION for Chinese Tourists in 2011

BALI, once again received worldwide recognition when it received an Award as one of the Top Ten Favorite Tourist Destinations in the World for Chinese citizens. The Award was received by Indonesian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia, H.E. Mr. Imron Cotan during the 1st Global Tourism Thermal List—the Most Preferred Tourist Attractions for the Chinese in 2011, at a ceremony held at the Beijing Broadcast Building on June 16th 2011.

The Award presentation was attended by the head of the PRC Tourism Administration Office, representatives of the PRC Tourism Institute, Beijing Tourism Development Committee, Foreign Travel Bureaus in Beijing, and members of the press. The ceremony was recorded by the Travel Channel and is scheduled to be aired on June 26th 2011 at 20.00, local time.

Selection of the top ten favorite tourist destinations in the world for Chinese citizens 2011 was done through a poll conducted by the Beijing People’s Broadcasting Station since April 25th.  Internet users and radio audiences had chosen 10 of their favorite destinations among 68 destinations around the world. The top ten favorite destinations were: Bali, Australia, Cape Town, Edinburgh, Hawaii, Madrid, Egypt, Niagara Falls, Paris and Switzerland. Bali was recognized as the only Asian tourist destination polled.
Bali had also been rewarded “the Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific” by Business Travelers Asia Pacific Hong Kong Magazine in 2010. From over 50 million Chinese tourists traveling abroad in 2010, Bali was visited by 196.925 Chinese tourists.

Source: Indonesian Ministry for Foreign Affairs Release

WAKATOBI National Marine Park to be designated UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve


UNESCO is soon to designate Indonesia’s Wakatobi National Marine Park in Southeast Sulawesi as World’s Biosphere Reserve, said Wakatobi District Head, Ir. Hugua on Wednesday, 22 June. UNESCO’s Charter to be handed in September of 2011. 

The extensive Wakatobi National Park is rich in the diversity of its coral reefs. It is estimated that the seas of Wakatobi alone possesses 90% of the entire coral reefs species in the world. “There are a total of 850 coral reefs species in the world, of which 750 can be found in the Wakatobi seas alone", said Hugua.
Aside from its rich coral reefs, Wakatobi is habitat to various marine biota, including 942 species of fish. “These had been identified by marine researchers from Operation Wallacea, a research institute based in London, England” continued Hugua.
Another important consideration on the part of UNESCO is the fact that the Wakatobi District Government has constantly applied conservation practices in managing and preserving the coral reefs. The Government is consistent in its efforts to continue to preserve the Wakatobi marine environment since it provides a source of food for millions of people.

 “As a huge potential of food resource for humanity, the coral reefs need to be protected against all kinds of threats and must be preserved through consistent conservation efforts” said Hugua. Thus, the designation of Wakatobi as World’s Biosphere Reserve represents the international world’s efforts to protect global coral reefs from destruction.
Prior to the official handing of the UNESCO charter, Hugua has been asked to give a presentation on the Conservation of Coral Reefs in Wakatobi at the UNESCO Assembly held in Dresden, Germany on June 28th 2011.

Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism Release