Jakarta's Thousand Islands to Hold Tidung Festival 2017

(Source: Indonesia.travel)

The Tourism Ministry volition jibe its annual Tidung Festival 2017 at Tidung Island, 1 of Jakarta's Thousand Islands, on Aug. 19-20 to commemorate Indonesia's 72nd Independence Day.

The resultant volition characteristic a music concert, an fine art festival, traditional games, a culinary festival equally good equally ecological activities. This includes a planting 1,000 mangrove seeds as well as a beach cleanup.

"Besides that, nosotros bring creative competitions for cooking, video blogs, selfies, photography, Betawi traditional dances, coloring as well as boat decorating.  There volition likewise survive a decorated bicycles parade. Dua Mahadewi [a woman mortal music duo] is likewise fix to perform," Esthy Reko Astuti, deputy of tourism evolution at the ministry building said.

The Thousand Islands are alongside the ministry's overstep priority destinations. The ministry building likewise hopes to boost unusual tourist visits which bring as well as then far been on the rise: final year, at that topographic point were 24,000 tourists compared to 10,000 the twelvemonth prior.

"The festival aims to innovate the Thousand Islands as a leading marine finish to both local as well as international tourists," Esthy said.
She explained that the ministry building is likewise targeting investors who desire to boost marine tourism.
"We volition bring novel things to offer, ranging from cultural tours, shopping spots, nature as well as sports activities, query as well as many others that tin developed inwards a sustainable fashion to growth the concern value inwards Tidung Island as well as then it becomes the principal tourist attraction inwards the Thousand Islands for local as well as international tourists," Esthy said. (JakartaGlobe)

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