#cultural sites

Collection of cultural sites news, found 44 news.

Yahya congratulates Ombilin on its designation as World Heritage Site

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya extended his congratulations on Ombillin in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra Province, being ...

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W Sumatra optimistic of Ombilin Heritage site driving tourism growth

Indonesia applauded the World Heritage Committee's decision to inscribe former coal mine site Ombilin in Sawahlunto ...

Mandarin on-the-go in Taiwan: learn a new language while traveling abroad

- The Mandarin Chinese-language centers of Taiwan’s universities are working together with the tourism industry to ...

Aceh to promote halal tourism

Indonesia`s western most province of Aceh is the only region in Indonesia that officially applies sharia (Islamic ...

News Feature - Promoting Kisar`s prehistoric rock art as tourist attraction by Otniel Tam

Hundreds of prehistoric rock art paintings that have been discovered on the tiny Indonesian island of Kisar in ...

News focus - Cultural heritage in Kisar part of Indonesian civilization By Otniel Tamindael

Still unknown by many, the small, rocky island of Kisar in Southwest Maluku District, Maluku Province, is in fact ...

Baubau city needs to develop maritime industry and services: expert

The Baubau city government needs to be more serious in developing the maritime industry and services and in preparing ...

Asian Games - fighter jets welcome arrival of torch in Riau

Six fighter jets -- F16 Fighting Falcon and Hawk 100/200 Black Panther -- staged a flypast to welcome the arrival of ...

Indonesia calls on Unesco to legitimize 19 cultural properties

Indonesia is striving for its 19 cultural properties in the temporary list of World Heritage Center of United Nations ...

Lake Maninjau favorite tourist destination

The Indonesian province of West Sumatra continues to promote its diverse cultural and natural attractions in order to ...

Indonesia holds training workshop on tourism, antiquities for Palestinians

The Indonesian government is organizing an "International Training Workshop on Tourism and Antiquities for ...

Bantul adds three cultural villages in 2016 to preserve arts

Bantul Administration has added three cultural villages on the 2016 list for preserving local arts and culture. ...

Yangtze's megacities seek closer ties with ASEAN

Notwithstanding incessant rains lashing the Jiangsu Province of China for days after Typhoon Haima made a landing in ...

Misool Island being developed into new tourist attraction

Misool, one of the four major islands in Raja Ampat district in the Indonesian province of West Papua, is being ...

Indonesia supports Asian tourism partnership

The Indonesian government is committed to further develop the international cultural tourism network between countries ...