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Minister urges more locals to become Raja Ampat tour operators

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has appealed to West Papua to improve ...

Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan top tourist destinations in Bali

Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan in Klungkung District, Bali, are put on the list of "Top Tourist Destinations in ...

Raja Ampat to reduce liveaboard boats operating in its waters

The Raja Ampat District administration in West Papua will reduce the number of liveaboard boats operating in the waters ...

Ministry provides four water buses for Biak Numfor in 2020

The Transportation Ministry has allocated Rp800 million of fund in its 2020 budget for the provision of four water ...

House presses for development of health tourism in Labuan Bajo

Deputy Head of the House of Representatives' Commission IX, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, has encouraged the ...

Family receives body of Singaporean who drowned in Banten waters

The Kramat Jati Police Hospital's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) personnel managed to identify a Singaporean ...

Sabang's Zero Kilometer Monument named unique tourism destination

The Monument of Zero Kilometer in Sabang Town, Aceh Province, has been named the most unique tourism destination at the ...

US artist calls for awareness to conserve coral reefs

Artist and ocean advocate Courtney Mattison brought along her spiral porcelain artwork called “Confluence” ...

Raja Ampat preps for Maritime Festival on Oct 18-23, 2019

Raja Ampat District in West Papua Province will hold the Maritime Festival 2019 on Oct 18-23. Some 200 domestic and ...

Search halted for missing Swiss tourist in Papua

The Sorong search and rescue office (Basarnas) has temporarily halted an operation to find a Swiss tourist missing in ...

Bluebottles surge ashore on Pariaman beaches, W Sumatra

At least a dozen of bluebottles or the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia utriculus) have been washed ashore by strong ...

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Nias Island prepped to engage international surfers, tourists

With the international maritime event of Sail Nias 2019 being organized from July to September 2019, the government is ...

Government firmly resolved to make Nias a global tourist destination

Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan echoed the Indonesian government’s resoluteness to ...

Eight foreign ambassadors to attend Sail Nias peak event

At least eight foreign ambassadors are expected to attend the Sail Nias 2019 peak event to be held at the Pelabuhan ...

Sail Nias to help spur Nias tourism revitalization: Tourism Ministry

The Tourism Ministry is a strong proponent of the view that Sail Nias 2019 offers the momentum to reinvigorate tourism ...