A lot of water sports including swimming, diving, and skiing can be developed in Samosir.
Samosir, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Endowed with beautiful natural scenery and unique cultural assets, the most potential source of income of Samosir district in North Sumatra is tourism, the region`s leader said.

Samosir district head Mangindar Simbolon said in the district town of Panguruan on Friday that the district could rely on its the beauty of natural environment and unique cultural assets to earn as much foreign exchange as possible.

"Based on an analysis of Samosir`s economic development potentials , the region can earn foreign exchange from tourism as it has natural beauty, unique culture, and well preserved environment," Mangindar Simbolon said.

He said Samosir is one of the districts in Indonesia with tourism vision to make the district a tourist destination in an innovative environment in 2015.

Therefore Mangindar said he has included tourism in the school`s local content, in addition to establishing Secondary Vocational School (SMK) of tourism three years ago.

According to Manindar, Samosir island has untold natural beauty with its Bataknese unique culture that could attract tourists from year to year.

From its environmental side, Samosir is good for sports paragliding sports and water sports.

It is because Samosir island is located in the middle of Lake Toba, the largest fresh water area in Southeast Asia.

"A lot of water sports including swimming, diving, and skiing can be developed in Samosir," Manindar said.

Besides, he added that adventure tourism such as international scale "cross country" and "extreme trail-mania" could also be developed in Samosir because its people have been ready to turn the area into a district with tourism vision.

Therefore Samosir district government will continue to develop every potential to make the area an environmentally-based tourism destination that has to be strengthened into a dominant sector in the district.
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