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North Sumatra government pledges to clampdown on illegal gold miners

The North Sumatra provincial administration has made a solemn promise to crackdown on illegal gold miners in Mandailing ...

AJC conducted a workshop on gastronomy tourism in Wakayama, Japan for tourism stakeholders from the ASEAN member states

- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) conducted a "Workshop on Sustainable Tourism: Gastronomy Tourism” from 17 to 23 ...

110,459 foreign travelers visit N Sulawesi in Jan-Oct 2019

The Sam Ratulangi International Airport's Immigration Office recorded that 110,459 foreign travelers had paid a ...

Tour de Borobudur to cover six tourist attractions

The international cycling race of Tour de Borobudur, scheduled on Nov 2-3, 2019, with 1,700 domestic and foreign ...

Padang's Silo Gunung named UNESCO world heritage site

A former coal warehouse at Teluk Bayur Port, Padang, West Sumatera, called Silo Gunung has been officially recognized ...

Government to put cap on visitor numbers to Komodo Island

The government will set bounds for the number of tourists to Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, rather than close it, ...

Tari Piring performance in South Solok breaks Indonesian world record

A numbers of 2,890 people broke Indonesian World Records for the biggest Tari Piring performance, a traditional dance ...

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Balinese girls possessed by Goddesses on mission to salvage traditions

Seven chosen young girls walked to a temple, with no permitted lights except for moonbeams and white smoke emanating ...

Jokowi views developmental progress of four destinations as sluggish

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has viewed the progress in development of four priority tourist destinations as slow, ...

Four priority tourist destinations to be developed by 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has outlined a target to conclude the development of four priority tourist destinations ...

President Jokowi chairs limited cabinet meeting on tourism in Magelang

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss the development of four priority tourist ...

North Sulawesi students to gain mastery over Mandarin through training

North Sulawesi’s provincial government offers a scholarship scheme to hundreds of local students interested in ...

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to Sembilang Park: Walhi

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to the Berbak-Sembilang National Park, Banyuasin, South Sumatra, if the government ...

Krayan worthy of being submitted for UNESCO World Heritage status

A member of the Bandung Institute of Technology's Research and Community Service Team, Budi Faisal, believes the ...

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Komodo Island to be developed into very exclusive tourist attraction

The controversy over Komodo Island has died down after the central government gave the go-ahead for temporarily closing ...