Featured Travel Destinations Togian Sulteng

Central Sulawesi will be the host to two national events in 2011. Head of Culture and Tourism of Central Sulawesi Suaib Djafar said second event is the Week of Love Performances History and Tourism Ambassador.

"Stage History of Love Week later the contents of cultural tourism activities, workshops, seminars through history. Dipencar Activities during the week and in some places such as museums and other attractions," said Suaib to Kompas.com via telephone on Thursday (13/01/2011 .) The event is scheduled to be held in September 2011. In addition there will be an exhibition of cultural heritage charm of Central Sulawesi and the archipelago batik exhibitions.

Meanwhile, Suaib explained to Tourism Ambassador Selection event in 2010 in Kendari. For event 2011, Hammer became a city organizer. Tourism Ambassador finalists come from various provinces in Indonesia. According Suaib, later this youth in addition to promoting tourism, they will be equipped with various activities.

"The activities such as how loving environment, concern for the education, to clean up the coast to support the destination," he explained.

Suaib then explain the pre-eminent destinations in Central Sulawesi. Some of these destinations will be promoted heavily in 2011 until 2012.

"We are the leading destinations Togian. Starting later in the month of July there is the festival," said Suaib.

Later Togian Culture Week will be the belle of Central Sulawesi with the beauty of the underwater theme-oriented marine tourism. Suaib revealed Togian does have a charming beauty beneath the sea.

"As the Park but there is no specific specialty in the Park. In Togian have different unique marine life and coral reefs. Under the sea there is a fighter from world war that sank in there," he explained.

Besides Togian, added Suaib, other leading destinations is Lake Poso and Lore Lindu National Park.

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Sea Panorama Halsel Indeed Beautiful

A number of foreign tourists will make South Halmahera, North Maluku province as a destination for marine tourism, because it has a number of promising sea panorama.

Head of Tourism District Halsel, Sunday Laujo when contacted from Ternate, on Thursday (01/20/2011) says, Halsel have a variety of places that could be used as a maritime tourism for foreign tourists.

"We believe, this year's tourists will visit Halsel to enjoy the panoramic beauty of the marine, as did the number of tourists from Germany a year ago," he said.

It plans to develop marine tourism this year, one of them to promote marine tourism objects that can be visited by tourists.

Various locations to be considered strategic marine tourism, including Lata Lata strait, straits Panamboang Village, Tanjung Gorango, strait Hell Cape and Islands District Bacan Sali East. In addition, there are a number of famous tourist sites in North Maluku that will become a tourist destination abroad.

According Laujo, all locations will be conducted survey by the German tourism consultant. From the survey results will then recommend a decent place to be a marine tourist sites with a beauty under the sea.

Laujo hope, the community support in promoting Halsel as a maritime tourism destination, to jointly maintain stability of the increasingly conducive security.

Halsel now possesses a number of marine tourism mainstay that has been known by the public, including panoramic coastal submarine Guraici Island, Nusa Raa tourist center and the object of white sand beach on the island of Widi, Gane Timur sub-district.

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Marine Tourism Resources Economics

Marine resources as nature has its own mechanism to perform the recovery again. It's just human exploitation for economic needs exceed the ability of nature to recover. Director of Research and Development Center for Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands, Hasanuddin University, Jamaluddin said Jompa marine tourism became the economic support and solutions to reduce the exploitation of man against the sea.

He gave examples such as in the Wakatobi sebagal one of the locations included in the coral triangle, Wakatobi has developed into edutourism. The number of foreign tourist visits to Wakatobi reach 1,000 people a year.

"Until the border is still a positive impact. Tourism will continue to rise until the peak point, this relation to the impact on the environment. And surely will go down and start a negative effect," he said.

He said if there was no sea and fishing management arrangements, Wakatobi can be damaged. "You could at one point, questioning why tourists to Wakatobi. Because Indonesia has a coral reef area covering 70 thousand square kilometers. So the choice to see the coral reefs too much," he explained.

Therefore, he continued, Wakatobi need to maintain specific things that characterizes the Wakatobi. He says that marine tourism is not only a tool to improve the economy of local communities and local government. However, marine tourism can be a natural opportunity to recover.

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Restoring Nature Through Marine Tourism

The restaurant became one important aspect of tourism. Tourism destinations in coastal areas make the ocean materials as the main dish at the restaurant. Director of Research and Development Center for Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands, Hasanuddin University, Jompa Jamaluddin said there is always a temptation to take marine resources adjacent to the market excessively.

"People who eat fish from never knowing where and how the ocean conditions. Fisherman as an observer of nature. Commodity fish can still be produced naturally such as fish baronang grow quickly, can be used sustainably," he said on Tuesday (01/03/2011 .) However, he continued, the origin of each area of the fish caught are not excessive. He says the fish have optimum population and can be arranged in a sustainable fishing.

"The sea is not like mine. Nature has the ability to grow on its own. If not picked up will die naturally. It's just human taking of marine resources beyond natural ability to produce," he said. He added that to increase production it is necessary to lower the production first.

"But we never love a break. If we manage it is the term zoning. Another place could be taken in a sustainable manner both the number and size. It needs collective action. Extractive fine, but regulated," he said.

He said to fish so do not take a still small. "Just give it 1 time for fish breeding is okay. Fish may spawn tens of thousands. Why could deplete fish? Because not given the opportunity to mate only once. That's the solution. Often the fishermen thought that the small fish escape mikirnya taken fishing tomorrow. Please resist the temptation collectively, "he explained.

An example is Australia. Jamaluddin said that female crabs may not be consumed in Australia. "In Indonesia crab populations down and hold. There is no concern for preserving the sea in action," he added. Nautical tourism, according to him, not just a sea of unsightly nature but also the opportunity to recover.

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Enjoying Bali in Cikarang

There are various ways to know Bali. First, buy a plane ticket and flew to the island resort. Morning until noon stroll Kumbasari Art Market, Denpasar, or visit the Art Market Sukawati, Gianyar. Second, come to Cikarang, Bekasi.

Area in east Jakarta, it has a place that offers a familiar experience natural Bali. One of them is in Lippo Cikarang, South Cikarang, Bekasi.

In the midst of residential and industrial area, a distance of 35 kilometers from Jakarta, was standing Water Boom Lippo Cikarang.

Sales and Marketing Manager of Water Boom Lippo Cikarang S Widi Karyaningsih said recreational water is built with the concept of rural and natural landscapes in Bali which is green and lush trees.

Shades of the villages in Bali appear ranging from building wood and Balinese-style decor to the types of trees in the park, such as coconut. Balinese atmosphere increasingly thick with the sound of gamelan in the area.

On the water recreational park rides that try to skate at Ribbon-Debar Debar. In this water rides, visitors can feel the sensation of gliding over the tires from a height of 17 meters in water launcher winding as far as 230 meters before hitting the water in the pool of cold water.

If not satisfied, try Pita Octopus, another water launcher vehicle adjacent to the ribbon-Debar Debar. The difference, in the Ribbon Octopus skating without tires. The two launchers that empties into the pond flows with cold water, crib Floating-Floating.

Widi said, they really notice the safety of visitors. To oversee and maintain as well as save the visitor, the Water Boom Lippo Cikarang put Lifeguard officers trained in every corner of the pond.

In addition to relaxing in the water or try a variety of outdoor games or outbound, this water park also provides recreational facilities and environmental-based education, namely Eco Friendly Parks and places of relaxation at the Aqua Spa. Facilities at the water park is the more complete with the vehicle four-dimensional theater.

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