I read an interesting post on this site mentioning that Bali local government is planning to build several plants to convert garbage into non-organic fertilizer. This action is actually to promote more on the Environmental aspect of the Bali as international tourist destination.
As mentioned on the posting, the first phase of the project to make [...]

On this posting you can find information about investor who wants to build tourist hub in Lombok Island, Indonesia. This for sure shall strengthen the Lombok position for international tourist destination. Lombok Island, which is very near from Bali has yet reach similar position with their neighboring island in the eye of International tourist community, [...]

There is new hotel in Batam Center area, Batam Island Indonesia and guess what the name is “Batam Centre Hotel” Unlike the previous Hotels that I mention on my previous posting (here and here), this hotel is not considered as the budget/cheap hotel but it is actually a “3 stars Hotel”. The hotel location [...]

I read an interesting news a few days ago, that Batam Island, Indonesia once again shall be the host of international event. This time, it is the 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress (AVC). This Asian Vegetarian Congress shall took place in Novotel Hotel in Nagoya area Batam Island Indonesia on 6-10 Oct 09. [...]

Central Statistic Bureau of Indonesia (BPS) just recently released some Indonesian Economy statistics numbers for Aug 09 and July 09. Here is some of the highlights :
Inflation rate (Aug 09):
- On Aug 09, inflation rate is 0.56 percent and Customer Price Index (CPI) is 115.25. From 66 cities across Indonesia, 63 cities are having inflation [...]

In Jul 09, the Indonesian Inflation rate is 0.45% with Customer Index Price (CPI) of 114.61. From the 66 cities, there are 62 cities which have inflation while 4 cities are having deflation. The highest inflation happened in Sorong (2.19%) with CPI of 135.04. The lowest inflation rate happened in Purwokerto (0.01%) with CPI of [...]

This is an example of good actions made by Indonesia to keep its farthest island for other countries hands! I read on this newspaper that Nipah Island, the farthest island on Riau Archipelago, shall make as tourist attraction, especially in EcoTourism.
This plan was mentioned by Ardiwinata, Chief Officer of Batam Tourism Board during the [...]

Do you know Bintan ? If you asked many Indonesian, you may find that the an answer is “No”. Some maybe gave an vogue answers that they remember it as one of the island in Riau Archipelago or even Sumatra. For them, Batam island is more familiar. It is maybe due to Batam has been [...]