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C2 October 12, 2011 The President Post www.thepresidentpost.com Tourism www.presidenri.go.id/Abror International Marine Tourism Seminar Promotes Babel The World Batik Summit (WBS) themed “Indonesia: Global Home of Batik” was officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Indonesia Set to Become Global Home of Batik Since the inclusion of batik by UNESCO in “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” items on September 30, 2009, the government has been actively promoting batik domestically and internationally. The Indonesian Batik Foundation (YBI) in cooperation with the government recently held at the Jakarta Convention Center (September 28 to October 2, 2011) the Batik Summit which consisted of two main events: the World Batik Exhibition (WBE) and the World Batik Conference (WBC). The World Batik Summit (WBS) themed “Indonesia: Global Home of Batik” was officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The biennial World Batik Exhibition had three themes, namely :”Multi-Partnership: Bringing Batik To The World”, “Batik`s Contribution to the Creative Economy”, and “Batik as a Cultural Heritage: Conservation and Modernization”. “641 people from a number of countries took part in the summit. It is double the figure last year,” a spokesman of the organizer said. The WBE is designed to become a promotion forum for batik producers, practitioners, craftsmen, and businessmen. The organizing committee of the World Batik Summit (WBS) sees a record Rp22 billion worth of transactions during the fiveday event. The conference was highlighted with a cultural night and a fashion show to be participated in by national and international batik designers. Some master pieces of Indonesian designer Iwan Tirta were displayed in the batik exhibition to honor the noted designer who died in July 2010. Since the inclusion of batik by UNESCO in “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” items on September 30, 2009, the government has been actively promoting batik domestically and internationally. Because batik is now getting popular and on high demand, the government is mulling a master plan for the mass production of batik as a culture-based industry. The master plan being prepared by the industry ministry, would be ready in the next two months, Industry Minister MS Hidayat said. The value of Indonesia`s batik market reaches only Rp3 trillion currently. And therefore, the batik production must be directed toward mass products if the nation wanted to raise the batik market value, the minister said. No batik industry in Indonesia has so far made mass productions although prominent batik companies such as Danarhadi and Batik Keris have exported their batik products to several countries in Asia. Several regions such as Yogyakarta, West Java, Central Java, and East Java will be prepared to support the planned batik mass productions. According to data of the Indonesian Batik Foundation, the interest of Indonesian people in batik has increased 40% since 2009. “Indonesian batik has a specific character which does not exist in other textiles with batik designs. It has its own philosophy, production process and designs,” Indonesian Batik Foundation Chairperson Jultin Ginandjar Kartasasmita said. Because of its high quality standards, Indonesian batik continues to be in high demand although its prices are higher than similar products from other countries, she said. So far Batik is mostly produced in Pekalongan, Solo (Central Java), Yogyakarta and Cirebon (West Java), but now batik production has developed in at least 23 provinces of Indonesia. Batik, which has been developed for centuries particularly on Java Island, is cloth which traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. But, thanks to modern advances in the textile industry, the term has been extended to include fabrics which incorporate traditional batik patterns. UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) describes Indonesian Batik as: The techniques, symbolism and culture surrounding hand-dyed cotton and silk garments known as Indonesian Batik permeate the lives of Indonesians from beginning to end: infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck, and the dead are shrouded in funerary batik. The two-day seminar on international marine tourism in Bangka-Belitung (Babel) provincial city of Pangkalpinang promoted the abundant tourism potentials in the province. Bangka and Belitung islands province is blessed with pristine, pollution-free white sandy beaches with blue sea waters, fine coral reefs, and giant granite rock formations In an effort to more intensively promote such potentials, both national and international tourism players held the seminar at Novotel Hotel in Pangkalpinang from September 21-22, 2011 as part of Sail Wakatobi-Belitung 2011 event. “The seminar was held as part of Sail Wakatobi-Belitung 2011 in a bid to promote Babel tourism potentials to the participants of the international marine event,” Babel Culture and Tourism Office spokesman Yan Megawandi said in Pangkalpinang over the weekend. He said at least 14 domestic and foreign speakers from among others Malaysia, Fiji, Australia, and Canada spoke on marine-based development in the two-day seminar. The province is made up of two major islands, Bangka and Belitung, and hundreds of other smaller islands with exotic beaches for swimming, diving, and snorkeling. Belitong alone has exotic beaches such as Tanjung “Besides marine tourism, historical attractions also have a great potential to attract and increase the number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit the island,” Kiras beach, Tanjung Pendam beach, Tanjung tinggi, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Binga fisherman village, Panyaeran beach, Tanjung Kubu, Gembira bay and Tanjung Ru, which are ideal sites for diving, scuba, snorkeling, fishing and sailing. The island also has other tourist attractions such as Golf Babute driving course, Lengkuas island, Gurok Beraye waterfall, Batu Baginde hill, Tirta Marundang natural pool and Dayang Seri Pinai Pool for the participants of Sail Wakatobi-Belitung 2011. The outdoor activities in Belitung island included cruise ships and yachts rally, underwater world chess record breaking, international beach volley ball tournament, Singapore-Belitung Cruise, seaweed planting activity, turtles conservation activity, and fishing competition. “Besides marine tourism, historical attractions also have a great potential to attract and increase the number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit the island,” Pangkalpinang culture and tourism office spokesman Ahmad Elvian has said in Pangkalpinang. The historical attractions on Bangka island, according to Ahmad, are among others Museum Timah (Tin Museum), Rumah Residen (Resident`s House), Dutch Cemetery, Perigi Pekasem (Pekasem Well), and Tugu Pergerakan Kemerdekaan (monument of independence movement). www.tourismhoteltraveling.com French Public Impressed With Indonesia at Travel Mart Indonesia attracted the French public at the International French Travel Market (IFTM) Top Resa at the exhibition hall Paris Porte de Versailles on September 20-23, Executive Coordinator of Indonesian Team to IFTM, Molly Prabawaty, said. On the occasion, Indonesia is represented by some tourism industries including CV Matahari, Pearl Tour & Travel, PT Tanjung Perak Tours and Travel, Bhara//Essence of Bali and Panorama Destination, Molly told ANTARA here recently. According to her, it is for the second time that the Indonesian Culture and Tourism Ministry took part in IFTM Top Resa in its efforts to attract French tourists as only about 160,000 of them came to the archipelagic country in 2009. The Indonesian Central Agency of Statistics recorded that 98,853 French tourists visited Indonesia in 2006, a number that increased to 104,473 in 2007, 125,216 in www.world-tourism-news.eu 2008, 159,924 in 2009, Molly said, adding that France is only second to the UK in contributing the biggest number of European tourists to Indonesia. Meanwhile, Senior Promotion Manager of Interface Tourism France, Jerome Mariot, said most French people preferred Bali. “Two thirds of French tourists visited Bali,” said Jerome who represented the Tourism Ministry in France. Jerome said the French Culture and Tourism Ministry has made various efforts to promote tourist objects in Indonesia including sending French mass media there with a diversity of tourist sites in Bali and other places like Raja Ampat in West Papua where tourists can enjoy diving tours. Molly said TV station in France TF1 is now running a reality show entitled Koh Lanta about Raja Ampat which is well known among international divers. Koh Lanta Director Thiery Graff said Raja Ampat is the most beautiful tourist site in the world. “I found a new paradise in Raja Ampat and not many people, even Indonesians, know it,” the director said.
www.thepresidentpost.com The President Post October 12, 2011 C3 Tourism Enormous Potentials Behind Spiritual Wealth at Muntilan Mayor of Lauenburg Andreas Thiede and his delegation from Lauenburg local government recently visited Borobudur and Prambanan temples as part of a series of efforts to explore the possibility of establishing cooperation between Lauenburg and Jababeka city as sister cities LLauenburg is a town in the state of Schlesweig-Holstein, Germany, situated at the northern bank of the Elbe river. During the visit, Thiede stated, “It is my first experience in visiting the magnificent Borobudur Temple. I really enjoy this trip especially because of the friendly people here. There are so many holy places and historical sites in this area.” 3 They also visited a devotion place of Pran-Soeh (the Java original religion, Kejawen) at Muntilan, where the delegation received explanations about the rituals, and drank holy water from Jalatunda Well. Thiede added, “I have visited several holy places in many countries, but this time I feel a different spiritual experience.” The delegation also watched the Sendratari Ramayana. 1 4 5 Muntilan is located in Magelang, 8 km east of Borobudur and has many religious shrines and pilgrimage sites, among others the Pabelan Islamic boarding school, Vin Lith Church and Catholic School, the century-old Hook An Kiong temple, and Goa Maria “Sendang Sono.” These spiritual places are great potentials to be developed and promoted as Spiritual Tourism. PHOTO CAPTIONS: 1. Mayor of Lauenburg Andreas Thiede and his delegation in front of Balai Suci. 2. Delivery of Javanese traditional Sword Keris. 3. Borobudur Temple. 4. Pabelan Islamic Boarding School. 5. Goa Maria ‘Sendang Sono.” 6. Vin Lith Church and Catholic School. 7. The century-old Hok An Kiong temple. 2 6 7
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