The American dream make a jurassic park, while Indonesia has had a “Jurassic Park of Indonesia.” Jurassic Park is the island of Komodo, East Nusa Tenggara. This was disclosed by Dr Sapta Nirwandar, DG Kembudpar Marketing Campaign as well as the initiator of the Park to us. Foreign tourists, clearly Sapta, often called the Island of Komodo as “Jurassic Park” because of dragons that inhabit the island is an ancient animal that was mentioned was brothers with the dinosaurs.

Komodo Island became one of the New World 7 Wonders nominated for the natural category new7wonders.com versions and competing with Amazon, Grand Canyon, Galapagos, and others. On 11 November 2011, the winner will be announced.

Therefore, Sapta said, the government set a theme tour for 2011 with a year visit the island of Komodo. Continue reading →

After a stop operation for one-time, Train Tour majors Singkarak Padangpanjang City-Sawahlunto certain to be in operation again starting on Sunday (10/17/2010) future.

Head of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Regional Division II West Sumatra Judith Harrianto on Wednesday (10/13/2010) in the city of Padang, said return tourist train operation was based on the consideration of the interests of the train as one of West Sumatra tourism icons.

According to Judith, a train tour earlier suspended operations of its estuary on the factor of safety and comfort of train travel. Temporary suspension of train operations was previously planned at each time the train was operating on a Sunday in October, which is dated 10, 17, 24, and 31.

“The bottom line for safety, because this season there are many points of landslides and floods,” said Judith. Also, added Judith, age trains also used the old with the braking system, electrical, and boogie are often problematic and the four-carriage train, which began commercial loss due to sticking stickers. Judith said that porous cars is planned to be repainted with an estimated processing time for one week for each carriage. Thus, again related to the operation of Train Tourism Lake Batur since Sunday (10/17/2010) future, so for the moment only be made up of three cars that whipped up the locomotive BB 204.

“We support the development of tourism in West Sumatra, local governments need not worry. But we also asked local governments whose territory the train passed this tour could build a stop for the train stopped and passengers can enjoy a dish of entertainment or the arts that dipentask at this location,” said Judith.

These obligations is to give them subsidies of operating costs, prepare tourism agenda, and m engawal to PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Division II West Sumatra break even (break even point). Memorandum of understanding in force five years since 2007 until now relatively still not seeing the reality on the ground.

Currently, in addition to Train Tourism Lake Batur PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Regional Division II West Sumatra also mengoeprasikan Train Tour majors Dang Tuanku Padang Pariaman, Train Tour Hole Kalam Mak Itam majors Sawahlunto-Muaro Kalaban, and economy class trains Sibinuang majors Padang -Pariaman. In addition, also operated by freight trains transport bulk cement from PT Semen Padang Bay to Port Indarung Bayur, the city of Padang.