Articles tagged ‘Events’
Visit Musi 2008: South Sumatra
By Barrie | May 7th, 2008 |
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The tourism business in South Sumatra has been sluggish for years. The province hardly figures as a major tourist destination, although the region was named Indonesia’s seventh tourist destination a few years back. In fact, the province is rich in culture and historical sites. These include prehistoric relics and attractions of historical value linked to [...]
Buffalo Races: Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara
By Barrie | April 14th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Buffalo races take place all over Indonesia and their forms vary from place to place. Whereas buffalo races in Bali are done on an oval track, with riders in carts, the buffalo races I witnessed in Sumbawa were quite different. In Sumbawa, the buffalo were more in their natural environment — a muddy field. You [...]
World Rally Championship Event in 2010: Sulawesi
By Barrie | April 13th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Countryside roads and sugarcane plantations in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province will host a World Rally Championship (WRC) event in 2010. The world auto sports governing body FIA has sent an advisor to inspect the location and give necessary inputs to local organizers, major national newspaper Kompas reported. FIA official Piero Sodano arrived in the province [...]
Garuda to Organize `Discover Indonesia`
By Barrie | April 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Indonesian consulate general in Sydney and national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will jointly organize a tourism promotion event called “Discover Indonesia” for Australian tourism operators and mass media. Intended to support the Visit Indonesia 2008 program, the promotional event would be held for two weeks starting late July 2008. Representatives of 20 Australian travel [...]
Batavia Ontel Bicycle Community: Jakarta, West Java
By Barrie | April 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Every Sunday morning, members of the Batavia Ontel Bicycle Community (KOBA) gather at Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to talk, display their bicycles and remind Jakartans of their city’s history. While teems of youths and families choose to spend their Sunday mornings relaxing under trees at National Monument park further north, bicycle enthusiasts have slowly begun [...]
Jambi and Visit Indonesia Year: Sumatra
By Barrie | April 9th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Jambi province has been preparing local tourist sites and attractions as well as setting up support facilities and infrastructures in its effort to make the Indonesia Visit Year (VIY) 2008 program a success. Jambi Governor H Zulkifli Nurdin has brought all businesspeople dealing with the tourism sector in the province together calling on them to [...]
The Symbolism of Crocodile Bread: Jakarta, West Java
By Barrie | April 8th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
In Jakarta, a man who can’t be loyal to a woman is often referred to as a buaya darat (land crocodile). The Betawi, native Jakartans, have a different opinion of this ferocious-looking reptile. Two pieces of sweetened bread in the shape of crocodiles are a must at every Betawi traditional wedding ceremony, as the [...]
Kawin Tebu Ceremony: Bandung, West Java
By Barrie | April 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The annual Kawin Tebu Ceremony is a particularly popular festival amongst the region’s many sugar cane planters and workers but usually involves the whole community. It takes place in the days leading up to the new planting season with many prayer sessions taking place in the hope of a good harvest for the coming year’s [...]
Bali International Fashion Week
By Barrie | March 30th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
I have never been one for fashion and much prefer to buy what feels comfortable and durable. It always amazes me how certain people in society just have to have the latest fashions even if the style only lasts a couple of months!. But, that’s a matter of lifestyle choice. I have better things to [...]
DEEP Indonesia 2008
By Barrie | March 26th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Continuing the success of the previous show, DEEP Indonesia 2008 will be held at a bigger and more prestigious venue, the Jakarta Convention Center, from 28th to 30th March 2008. With 3,000sqm of prime exhibition space, DEEP Indonesia 2008 is the opportunity to promote Diving, Adventure Travel and Water Sports to Jakarta’s new lifestyle. Exhibiting [...]
