Visit Indonesia 2008 - celebrating 100 years national awakening

This year 2008 has declared as Visit Indonesia Year by Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourist, and come with logo branding that took the concept of Garuda Pancasila as the Indonesian way of life and designed with a perfectly modern approach. The 5 norms draw by 5 different colored lines and symbolized the Indonesian Unity in Diversity. This logo brand formulated into dynamic figure and colors as the implementation of Indonesian Dynamic which is developing. The types of letters of logo brand is driven from the Indonesian elements which perfectly by modern approach.


Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourist is targeting 7 millions tourists. Visit Indonesia Year 2008 is also commemorating 100 years of Indonesia's national awakening in 1908

Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy and an important source of foreign exchange revenues. With a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, the second longest shoreline in the world, 300 different ethnic groups and 250 distinct languages, and tropical climate throughout the year, nature and culture are two major components of Indonesian tourism.

Tourism in Indonesia is currently overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. International tourist campaigns have been focusing largely on tropical destination with white sand beaches and blue sky imageries. Beach resorts and hotels were developed in some Indonesia islands, with Bali island as the primary destination. Cultural tourism is also an important part of Indonesia tourism industry. Toraja, Prambanan and Borobudur temples, Yogyakarta and Minangkabau are popular destinations for cultural tourism, apart from many Hindu festivities in Bali. About 5 million foreign tourists have visited Indonesia annually since 2000.

However, tourism development had sometimes clashed with local people, that has created criticism over Indonesia's tourism industry. Most of the disputes were related over land possession, local traditions (adat) and the impact of tourism development to the local people. In another area, tourism industry in Indonesia faces major threats. Since 2002, several warnings have been issued by some countries over terrorist threats and ethnic/religious conflicts in some areas, which significantly reduces the number of foreign visitors. (wikipedia)

Just visit the Visit Indonesia 2008 official web to get more information about this beautiful country


Papua man


Sam Pok Kong


Plaosan Temple


Uluwatu Beach


Old Town of Jakarta


Fatahullah Museum


Traditional Ceremony


Bukittinggi


Baliem Valley