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Maritime Festival 2010 Raja Ampat is a momentum of Raja Ampat, West Papua, to introduce yourself to the world especially as a maritime tourism destination internationally. Waisai, Raja Ampat, (Finroll) - Maritime Festival 2010 Raja Ampat is a momentum of Raja Ampat, West Papua, to introduce yourself to the world especially as a maritime tourism destination internationally.
Festival which opened Staff Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Social Institutions of Tourism field, Drs. Surya Yuga it was overrun by thousands of visitors, mostly domestic tourists, people from 17 districts of the district's seventh birthday, and also foreign tourists.
Raja Ampat Marine Festival 2010 was held on the beach Waisai Beloved (WTC), Waisai, the capital of Raja Ampat from 3 to 9 May.
The Raja Ampat regent, Drs. Marcus Wanma M. Si, said the Raja Ampat now being likened to primp like a girl to lure the men. "With more and more beautiful primp and is expected to be many men who would be enamored of its beauty," he said.
Raja Ampat is located at western tip of Papua island and right on the head of the bird has 610 small islands and four major islands, including Pulau smalldam, Batanta, Salawati and Misool.
Raja Ampat Islands with an area of about 46,000 km2 is "coral triangle" (coral Triangle), which consists of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and Australia.
The area of supporting life the world's richest marine biodiversity, which generally centered on an extensive coral habitats.
With abundant natural resources, local government continued to make strong efforts to build infrastructure such as infrastructure or facilities that can attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit this region.
Regent said that through this festival, it wanted to introduce myself, especially the tourist potential of maritime tourism in the eyes of both national and international.
According to Regent, Raja Ampat, inaugurated on May 9, 2003, and a new even-aged seven years, saving 537 animals or more than half the coral reefs of the world and identified as many as 700 species of molluscs (soft animals) as well as 1104 species of reef fish.
Besides Raja Ampat has also been a major tourist destination and also nautical marine researchers from abroad in recent years. The researchers then declared the district as the heart of the triangle of coral reefs worldwide.
The festival is expected to deliver the Raja Ampat to the world stage and become a major maritime tourism destination and targeting about 1,000 tourists visited this year.
Series of art performances and cultural and tourism exhibition is testimony to the readiness of the Raja Ampat answer the challenges the tourism industry, said the Regent.
Various competitions were held at the festival including photo and video contest in order to document the charm, the charm of nautical tourism in Raja Ampat, with locations in waters off South Misool district.
There was also a Dragon Boat race in the waters Waisai Beloved (WTC) and the orientation of underwater diving competitions and a parade of traditional transportation, culinary tourism and traditional handicrafts.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Ir. Jero Wacik speech delivered in the Expert Staff of Minister of Social Institutions of the field, Drs. Surya Yuga highest appreciation to the Government of Raja Ampat, who staunchly continue to carry out infrastructure development especially in support of the local economy and tourism sector.
Ministers hope that with the implementation of the Raja Ampat 2010 Maritime Festival will be held up as the Raja Ampat region of nautical tourism on the world stage.
In addition the Minister also hopes to bring the various flagship programs will be able to drive foreign tourists and tourists to visit the Raja Ampat archipelago.
The inauguration was marked by a kind of drum or drum penabuhan by Surya Yuga, and begin with a variety of dances such as dance Wor, a local traditional dance as a welcome greeting to the guests and dance which depicts the Coral Reef coral reefs and marine fish and aquatic animals should maintained so as not extinct due to act of the hands of ignorant.
"The sea is the future of the Raja Ampat. From the sea we eat and from the sea we live," said Regent, adding to the hard work, less talk and a lot of work.
He appealed to all the good elements that ranks governments, politicians, practitioners and wider community, to join hands to preserve the natural wealth and to ensure unity after the success of this district to reach the ideals of the world as a maritime tourism destination.
