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BUNAKEN



Bunaken National Park
The Bunaken National Marine Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. The park covers a total surface area of 89,065 hectares, 97% of which is overlain by sparkling clear, warm tropical water. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. Although each of these islands has a special character, it is the aquatic ecosystem that attracts most naturalists.

The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are extremely deep (1566 m in Manado Bay), clear (up to 35-40 m visibility), refreshing in temperature (27-29 C) and harbor some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. Pick any of group of interest - corals, fish, echinoderms or sponges - and the number of families, genera or species is bound to be astonishingly high. For example, 7 of the 8 species of giant clams that occur in the world, occur in Bunaken. The park has around 70 genera of corals; compare this to a mere 10 in Hawaii. Although the exact number of fish species is unknown, it may be slightly higher than in the Philippines, where 2,500 species, or nearly 70% of all fish species known to the Indo-western Pacific, are found.

Oceanic currents may explain, in part, why Bunaken National Marine Park is such a treasure trove of biodiversity. Northeasternly currents generally sweep through the park but abundant counter currents and gyros related to lunar cycles are believed to be a trap for free swimming larvae. This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park. A snorkler or diver in the vicinity of Lekuan or Fukui may spot over 33 species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers, damsels, wrasses and gobies. The gobies, smallish fish with bulging eyes and modified fins that allow them to attach to hard surfaces, are the most diverse but least known group of fish in the park.

Source : http://www.north-sulawesi.org/bunaken.html

Glossary
  ecosistem : ekosistem
  naturalist : penyelidik alam
  surface : permukaan
  aquatic : yang bertautan dengan air
  bulge : menonjol
  vacinity : sekitar
  treasure : harta benda

answer the questions below !
1. When the Bunaken established formally ?
2. How deep the waters of Bunaken National Marine Park ?
3. How many species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers, damsels, wrasses and gobies ?
4. Where is located of Bunaken ?
5. What is your opinion about the video ?

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Beautiful Sunrise and Sunset in Losari Beach

losari beach 2 500x375 Sunset and Sunrise in Losari Beach Makassar

Throughout Indonesia, there is only one beach can be witnessed sunrise and sunset the same standing in one spot. I was initially confused by this fact. Outstanding beach stretching north-south is indeed able to witness the rise and setting of the sun in one position.
Losari beach is one of the most rehearsal and nice beaches I have ever come across Indonesia, and another great beach is located right heart of a big city. Comparing with some great beach cities in Java, Losari Beach free of garbage and comfortable visit.



Sunrise in Losari Beach
Losari beach has very strategic position and became an integral part of the atmosphere of the city of Makassar, which stretched for approximately 4 kms. The beach is directly accessible by the main road the main protocol.
The most ideal time to visit is late afternoon Losari beach between the hours of 15:00 until 21:00 hours. Many who come here to sit down sit down to enjoy clean beaches, jogging along the pedestrian as far as 500 meters, or eat diwarung stalls that have been relocated by the local government (the most southern tip of the beach).
source : http://www.moreindonesia.com/sunset-and-sunrise-in-losari-beach-makassar/

Glossary 
sunset : matahati terbenam
sunrise : matahari terbit
relocated : direlokasi


Questions
1.  Why the Losari beach have a strategic location ?
2. Where the Location that you can see the sunrise and sunset well ?
3. After you watch the video, what your opinion ?
4. give a suggestion to keep the tourism objects like Losari beach !

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Bantimurung

To the north of Ujung Pandang and driving east along the mountain range, is the Bantimurung waterfall, about 41 km from the capital. A cascade of sparkling water gushes out between rocky cliffs into a stream shaded by tall trees. Here the air is filled with butterflies, which fly from shrub to shrub over the water. These rare brightly colored ornithoid butterflies are considered the most beautiful in the world.



Glossary

  • north : utara
  • waterfall : air terjun
  • cliffs : tebing
  • shrub : semak


Questions
1. Where is Bantimurung located ?
2. What objects that you can find in Bantimurung ?
3. What is your opinion about the Video ?

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Tips for Tourism



Simple Tips for Boosting Tourism. . .

For Appreciating Your Community

* Be aware of your community, its attractions, and resources.
* Create a warm atmosphere of hospitality. Encourage travelers to visit as many attractions as possible.eep up with local special events.
* Learn your community’s history.
* Work together with other sites and businesses as a network

For Giving Good Directions

* Be Patient.
* If a map or brochure is available, use it.
* Give an estimate of distance in terms of driving time or number of miles.
* Mention landmarks along the way.
* Encourage travelers to explore the National Road.
* If you are not certain of directions, send the visitor to someone who can help

For Handling Complaints

* Be attentive to the situation
* Try to see the world through the eyes of your visitors
* Attend to their physical needs to get them to relax
* React calmly
* Determine how the situation can be resolved

For When the Telephone Rings

* Answer promptly
* Identify yourself, your site, or business
* Give a pleasant greeting
* Treat every call as important
* Be a good listener
* Take time to express a polite and inviting ending. . . “Thank you” for calling and offer a simple “goodbye”

Remember the acronym: SERVICE

* Smiles for everyone
* Eye contact that shows that you care
* Reach out to every tourist with hospitality
* View each visitor as special
* Invite tourists to return with a thank you
* Create a warm atmosphere of hospitality
* Excellence in everything that you do

And Don’t Forget. . .

The moments of truth throughout a visitor’s stay form a chain of events that builds value. That chain will influence the visitor’s decision to return to your town. it is the key to their experience and repeat visits.

source : http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/11/tips-for-tourism.html

Glossary
encourage : mendorong
hospitality : perhotelan
visitor : pengunjung
chain of events : rangkaian peristiwa
decision : keputusan

Questions
1. Mention the way for appreciating your community !
2. Mention the way for giving good Directions !
3. What the important thing that you have to do as a visitor ?

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Lumajang Regency Tourism

      Lumajang is one of regencies that located on the south coast of East Java province. Lumajang is also called “Banana Town”. The regency of Lumajang is about 190 km from Surabaya, the capital of East Java.
This regency is one of East Java's tourism that save a lot of famous tourism objects, such as;

The Triangle Lake, which contains of three lakes (Ranu Klakah, Ranu Bedali, Ranu Pakis). Those lakes are very popular in Lumajang and always visited by many tourists.

Mount Semeru, which is the highest mount in Java Island. There are many people have climbed this mount. They also enjoy the mount smoke at regular interval of five minutes.

       The Beaches; Watu Godeg Beach, Watu Gedeg Beach, Tlepuk Beach, Dampar Beach, and the others. They are the beautiful beaches in Lumajang and also visited by many tourists.

The other famous tourism object in Lumajang is Tetes Cave. This cave contains of colorful stalagmite and stalagtite panorama. This cave is the most beautiful cave in Lumajang regency and interesting to visited.

      Come to visit Lumajang and you will get the unique and fantastic scenery from its natural mount, lake, cave and forest. Visit it with your family, friends, partner or the others. This area is easy to reach. You can reach it by motorcycle, car, travel, etc.

source : http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/08/daun-daun-kering-di-lumajang.html

Glossary
Regencies : kabupaten
Cave : gua
Unique : unik
Scenery : pemandangan

Questions
1. Where is Lumajang located ?
2. What term of Lumajang ?
3.  What is famous tourism objects in east java ?
4.  What is the most beautiful cave in Lumajang ?
5. what is the highest mount in Java ?


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"Pasir Putih Beach"

Pasir Putih Beach is a maritime and nature tourism object because it lies between a sea and a mountain. And it said that the Situbondo Pasir Putih Beach became known because of its nice and beautiful, concave beach, with its sparkling white sand. The sea, the beach, the forest and the mountain are the main tourist attractions that you can enjoy.

source : http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/08/jalan-jalan-ke-pantai-pasir-putih.html

Glossary
maritime : maritim
mountain : gunung
sparkling : kilau
attractions : atraksi

Questions
1. why Pasir Putih called as a maritime and nature ?
2. why Situbondo Pasir Putih Beach became known ?

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Bali Tourism


        Bali tourism offers an interesting saga to the people who love to travel and explore new places. The Bali travel guide provides you detailed information on these important aspects of tourism in Bali. If you have decided to explore Bali this time, then the upcoming information would certainly help you to know about the place and the colorful people.

       Tourism in Bali is an important factor behind the country's economy. The ministry of Culture in Bali looks after the tourism at present. Meeting the vibrant and pleasant people of Bali is a fascinating experience for the international tourists. The tourists always prefer to visit this colorful city, in order to indulge in complete luxury and opulence.

source :  http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/08/bali-tourism.html

Glossary
offers : menewarkan
interesting :menarik
decided : menentukan, memutuskan
ministry : kementerian, departemen
vibrant : bergetar, bersemangat
fascinating : mengagumkan, mempesona

Questions
1. what can Bali offers to the people who love travel and explore new places ?
2. is Bali an important factors behind country's economy?
3. what is the fascinating experience for the international tourist?

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Lake Toba

        The Toba caldera complex in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia consists of four overlapping volcanic craters that adjoin the Sumatran "volcanic front". The youngest and fourth caldera is the world’s largest Quarternary caldera (100 by 30 kilometers) and intercepts the three older calderas. An estimate of 2500-3000 cubic kilometers of dense-rock equivalent pyroclastic material, nicknamed the Youngest Toba tuff, was blasted from the youngest caldera during one of the largest single eruptions in geologic history. Following the "Youngest Toba tuff eruption", a typical resurgent dome formed within the new caldera, joining two half-domes separated by a longitudinal graben.

       Most of the people who live around Lake Toba are ethnically Bataks. Traditional Batak houses are noted for their distinctive roofs (which curve upwards at each end, as a boat's hull does) and their colorful decor.

      Lake Toba offers a nurturing environment for fish such as the tilapia mossambica, aplocheilus pachax, lebistes reticulatus, osphronemus goramy, trichogaster trichopterus, channa striata, chana gachua, clarias batrachus, clarias nieuhofi, clarias. sp., nemachilus fasciatus, cyprinus carpio, puntius javanicus, puntius binotatus, osteochilus nasselti, lissochilus sp., labeobarbus sora, and rasbora sp.

       Many other types of plants and animals live within the boundaries of Lake Toba. Flora organisms include various types of phytoplankton, emerged macrophytes, floating macrophytes, and submerged macrophytes. Fauna include several variations of zooplankton and benthos.

source :  http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/09/lake-toba.html















Glossary
Lake : danau
Environment : yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan
Ethnically : etnis
Boundaries : batas
Submerged : merendam
Resurgent : bangkit kembali

Questions
1.  Where is the Lake Toba located?
2.  What ethnically live in around Lake Toba?
3.   How many overlapping volcanic craters that adjoin in Indonesia?
4.   What the shape of traditional Batak houses ?
5.   Mention of the plant that you can find in Lake Toba around ?


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About Borobudur


Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely Kamadhatu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). During the journey the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades. Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the fourteenth century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Raffles, the then British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.

     source : http://phototourismindonesia.blogspot.com/2008/08/borobudur.html

Glossary
statues : patung
cosmology : kosmologi
stairways : tangga
evidence : fakta-fakta
abandoned : yang ditinggalkan
restoration : perbaikan
pilgrimage : naik haji, ziarah

Questions
1. where is the Borobudur temple located?
2.  how many flatform that Borobudur have?
3. when the Borobudur temple build?
4. why the existence of Borobudur can be worldwide knowledge?

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Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism

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