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Indonesia took in a total 8.7 million foreign tourists in 2013, and this year it aims to attract 9.2 million international tourists. (AFP Photo/Conservation Video: Subang Restaurant International/Sterling Zumbrunn) Inspires Appetite for Sundanese Cuisine . Sampoerna Group, a diversified holdings company, and event organizer Dyandra Media International are conducting a feasibility study for a resort in Raja Ampat, an ecotourism haven in West Papua, a government official said over the weekend. Video: Grenade, Bullets Found Near Bogor Warung Sudirman Saad, a director general at the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, said Dyandra’s Santika chain of hotels was working with Sampoerna on building a hotel, villas and resort facilities in the area, a highly regarded diving site renowned for its Video: Jakarta 10s — a rich underwater biodiversity. Growing Affair

Boyke Mohammad, the chairman and chief executive of Bofa Mitra, a company affiliated to Sampoerna, said the project development would likely involve foreign partners, as the work would not only cover building a resort, but also preserving marine Video: Rare Javan Rusa Deer biodiversity, the main attraction of the Raja Ampat archipelago. Seized From Businessman’s Boyke said that according to the group’s master plan, an integrated development project may require to Rp 1 trillion ($86 million) Home in investment. Video: Dentist Explores Roots He said the potential foreign investors had called on the government to provide certainty for their investment, including pressing of South Batik for the local government to make the Sail Raja Ampat regatta an annual international event.

The success of the event, which sets sail next month, will underscore investor confidence in Indonesia’s tourism industry, Boyke said. Twitter Facebook Instagram

“Even though the government plans to launch the Sail Raja Ampat event, the regulations related to investment [in the area] Tweets remains unclear. The land price keeps skyrocketing. It is not certainty that has been created, but rather, those events merely become just ceremonial,” Boyke said. Karim Raslan 14m @KarimRaslan Sail Raja Ampat is endorsed by the government to promote tourism, investment as well as development in the Papua region, on excellent speech frm @jokowi_do2 of the least-developed parts of the country. funny+meaningful. m.youtube.com/watch?v=XdwKTf… @fadjroeL The event, which will kicked off at Waisai Torang Cinta Beach in West Papua on June 21, is expected to attract participants from @wimar @RosiSilalahi @aniesbaswedan 18 countries, including potential investors in the tourism industry, travel agents and tourism promotion officials, and @thejakartaglobe representatives from maritime-related institutions. Retweeted by Indonesia HEBAT Show Media The regatta is part of the Sail Indonesia series, which each year highlights the tourism potential of various regions in the country. Last year’s regatta was Sail , and previous editions have focused on Wakatobi in Southeast Sulawesi; Bangka-Belitung The Jakarta Globe 39s @thejakartaglobe off southeast Sumatra; Bunaken in North Sulawesi; and the Banda Islands in the Malukus. Why Better Economic Diplomacy Is Crucial for Sampoerna has business interests in finance, telecommunications, agriculture and property, while Dyandra is the exhibition and Indonesia jglo.be/ill8 hotel operator arm of the Gramedia group. Retweeted by Nur Anugerah Expand TweetLike 017 Tweet 17 1 More1 Compose new Tweet… Share This: Tweet Tweet 0 0

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