Stunning View of Mount Rinjani, Lombok

Stunning View of Mount Rinjani, Lombok

Mount Rinjani with erupting Mount Baru (Infrared), originally uploaded by 2121studio.

The third highest of Indonesia’s 129 active volcanoes, Mount Rinjani raises 3,726 meters above sea level on Lombok Island. This tourists destination is surrounded by national park that of course will bring you into the refreshness.

Rinjani is characterized by lush rain-forest clinging to its slopes, and a huge caldera. Today, the crater lake thought to be 2,000 meters deep. Trekking to the rim is a great way to get an overview of the island, but it’s not without risk. Trekking is suggested for groups, not individual exploration. The volcano from time to time spits out plumes of ash and lava.

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Indonesia Java International Destination

Indonesia Java International Destination
Java Tradition photo by Deka

Java is the main island of Indonesia, as the capital of the country is in the island. In the tourism, many beautiful places can be explored and the tourists may uncover the worthy so called Indonesia Java International Destination.

Is Java worthy to be an International Tourist Destination?
The answer is absolutely yes. To come up with that answer we have to look at several reasons.

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Indigenous Culture Shows in Danau Sentani Festival

Lake Sentani Festival Papua
Lake Sentani Festival photo by Carolincik

Jayapura - Papua will have a big event in this year calendar which is Danau Sentani Festival (Lake Sentani Festival). This event will perform various indigenous cultures of Sentani and from other region in Indonesia. The event is starting from June 1st until June 5th, 2010.

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IoB Launched in Bali

queue up on tourist information counter
Photo by Paul Russell99

The Indonesian Minister of Culture and Tourism as the official tourist information center has launched Immigration on Board (IoB) in Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. IoB is a service to arrange tourists’ document or Visa on Arrival on the plane. As an initial service, this program is only for certain destination.

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Single VoA Tariff to Affect Tourism in Batam Indonesia

Batam Indonesia

Batam tourism information explain the new single tariff of Visa on Arrival (VoA) is really affecting the visit in the regency. Now, it has only one tariff that is ‘not selling’ the tourism. Most tourists visit from Singapore and Malaysia, for about three day of stay, but the visa on arrival really be a burden on tourists’ budget.

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