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Bali is Dying

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COVID-19 caused a big loss in the tourism sector. Bali, the land of the Gods has a bad effect. Peoples who live from tourism are suffering. Nobody visited Bali. There is only several domestic tourist who have a short vacation. During the pandemic, many peoples are afraid of traveling to a crowded place. kompas.com Foreign tourists have not come to Bali during the travel restriction around the world. Finally, Bali becomes deserted. Many tourism businesses have bankrupt. Peoples have lost their job since people are restricted to get around. Many hotels provide a discount, but it is still quiet. Fortunately, government relaxes the social restriction. So, people can trip to Bali for vacation or business. 270 million populations definitely are very helpful to move the economy, not only in Bali but also to the other regions. During the pandemic, tourism and its derivatives were the sectors that had the hardest hit. Tourism is about traveling, moving people from one place to another. When a p...

Destination in Sawarna

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ihayegreejello.com Tanjung Layar Beach Besides Sawarana beach in Sawarna village you can also enjoy the Tanjung Layar beach. This beach has a unique feature. There is a pair of giant coral that resembles like a sailing boat. That is why this place called Tanjung Layar (cape-sail). Furthermore, this place is lined up with coral. When the sea goes recede, you will look corals that like fortress facing the waves. It gives the tourist beautiful scenery. I guarantee that you will be amazed by the panorama. This view can be enjoyed when the sun goes down. So that you can take a good photograph or just relax with your partner. pantainesia.com Ciantir Beach Ciantir Beach has large white sand with a big wave so you can surf. But don't worry, in this place you can swim too. There is an area that has been marked where you can go swim or not. If you do not want to swim or surfing, just play with the sand or take exercise and sunbathing. In the afternoon you can ...

Sawarna Beach

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jejakpiknik.com Sawarna beach is located at Sawarna Village, Bayah District, Lebak region, Banten Province. Sawarna famous because has much attraction. This destination usually crowded by local tourists at the weekend. You can reach out to Sawarna Beach by car or motorcycle. Sawarna village has many beautiful sceneries such as a mountain, cave, river, and white sand beach. Sawarna Beach area starts from Pulo Manuk Beach to Karang Taraje Beach. History of Sawarna Village In this village, there is an old square grave with 1-meter height. The prominent painter from Holland named Jean Louis Van Gogh was buried there. This cemetery just found after the division of Banten Province in the 2000s. In 1907, Van Gogh opening a coconut plantation in Tanjung Layar, Ciantir area. His plantation employed many local residents. As time goes by, the number of workers increased and a group of habitant was formed. Their settlement named Sawarna, but because of differences in acce...

Things to Know Before Going to Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen Banyuwangi)

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Ijen Crater is a tourist attraction which is located on the border between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso regency (East Java Province, Indonesia). To reach it places yo have to climb mount Ijen. This beautiful place usually visited by more than 2000 tourists every month and makes them return to enjoy the beauty of Ijen. In Ijen, you can see blue fire and sunrise, but before you go to Ijen, It is important to pay attention to a few things below. 1. Steep Road banyuwangibagus.com The road towards Ijen Crater is steep, So prepare your vehicle and physics. The uphill roads reach 45 degrees. You have to careful, especially when going in the night. 2. Extreme Temperatures wartaterkini.news Just like the mountains, Ijen has low temperatures. Between May and September, its temperatures can be 5 degrees Celcius. Wear warm clothes to avoid Hypothermia, especially for Indonesian. 3. Food Stalls anekawisata.com You can buy some food and beverage su...

Paradise in Mandalika, Lombok

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In the last 10 years, West Nusa Tenggara, Lombok is very famous with Gili Trawangan, Rinjani Mountain, and Mataram, but did you know that in 1980, there was a famous destination in South of Lombok Island, Mandalika. It places had been one of the tourist destination besides Bali Island. It has a large bay and wide white sand that make local and foreign people fall in love at the first sight. Now, Mandalika has become one of the priority destination in Indonesia besides Borobudur, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Lesung, Danau Toba, Labuan Bajo, Morotai, Wakatobi, Bromo Mountain, Kepulauan Seribu. Rony AN/Kompas Travel Actually, there are several beaches in this area like Gerupuk Beach, Tanjung Aan Beach, Serenting Beach, Kuta Beach, and Seger Beach. If you like surfing, there is Ubrug Beach that has beautiful scenery. The unique thing in Mandalika, there is a Bau Nyale Festival. It's present the tradition of taking earthworms that have been hundred years. And if you...

Sragen's Attractions

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Randy/detikTravel Sragen regency is about 20 km from Surakarta City. It's adjacent with Ngawi and Karanganyar. If you want to go East Java through southern, you have to traverse Sragen. Furthermore, you can enjoy some place such as historical attraction and cultural heritage. 1. Sangiran Early Man Site Sangiran is a place that fossil of Meganthropus Palaejavanicus and Phitecanthropus Erectus were discovered.  Moreover, many fossils of ancient human had discovered at that place. So far, there were 13.685 fossils in Sangiran. and you have to know that Sangiran had been enacted as World Heritage by UNESCO. 2. Kemukus Mountain Kemukus is one of the popular destination for looking wealth. People usually have a sex ritual at Kemukus to get rich. 3. Batik from Kliwonan  Batik is a part of Javanese culture and acknowledged by UNESCO as a representative list of the intangible cultural heritage humanity. Kliwonan village located at Masaran district

Paradise in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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twisata.com Raja Ampat is a regency in West Papua Province, Indonesia. It has an area about 46.108 km2, and almost 85% of it is the sea. It coastline is about 4.860 km. It region has 60.000 residents that spread out in 35 over 610 islands. There are 4 big islands: Misool Island, Waigeo Island, Batanta Island, Salawati Island. The local communities work as a fisherman. People in Raja Ampat are warm and kind. They are welcome to tourists. The residents of Raja Ampat are Christian and Moslem. But they are living in peace though different beliefs. I suggest you bring areca to Raja Ampat, because it is the symbol of peace.  Raja Ampat just like a paradise. As far as you see, your eyes will be spoiled by beautiful scenery. It place has amazing underwater biodiversity (the best in the world) with the coral reef that rises to the top.  The study says that Raja Ampat Islands has 75% of world's coral species. So it is not surprisingly that many biodiversity life unde...

Tawangmangu, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java Province (Part 2. Finish)

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Tawangmangu is a district in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. It has  many travel destination especially natural tourism. At the first part, I had introduced you some of the tourism attractions in Karanganyar and now in particularly I will discuss Tawangmangu. Tawangmangu Landscape/ penginapan.net It destinations could reach by plane at Adi Sumarmo Airport and Solo Balapan  Station for about an hour. You do not have to be afraid become so bored because you will see beautiful scenery and picturesque landscape all the way to Tawangmangu. Therefore, do not forget to bring your camera. So, What is the inside of Tawangmangu? You could see Grojogan Sewu Waterfall. It has been very familiar in this place. From Tawangmangu, you can also start hiking to Lawu Mountain through Cemoro Kandang. Furthermore, you could enjoy and relax in Sarangan Lake. Sarangan Lake/ travel.cahmagetan.com If you feel hungry, do not worry. You can try many local cuisines, for instanc...

How to Save Money in Jakarta

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If you are foreign peoples and want to come to Indonesia Capital City, I will give you guidances, especially how to live cheap in Jakarta. It's the solution in order to put your dollar save in your pocket. However, you have to notice that "money never lies". Firstly, you must know if the exchange rate between dollar and rupiah is higher. So, if your country using US Dollar or your country's currency higher than your destination its means you are greatly benefited. When your plane landing at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, it means "welcome to Indonesia"  precisely you arrived in Banten Province, one step towards Jakarta. Banten is a province that located next to Jakarta. Since you arrived don't forget to look for transportation to get you to the downtown of Jakarta. You can use "Uber" "Grab Car" from you Smart Phone or use a taxi. Now we begin to second step. You must go to Jalan Jaksa, central Jakarta to get accommodatio...

Tourism in Karanganyar, Central Java (part.1)

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Karanganyar is a regency that located in Central Java. It's adjacent with Magetan Regency (East Java) in East side, Sragen in the north, Wonogiri and Sukoharjo in the South, and Solo in the West side. There is a Lawu Mountain between Karanganyar and Magetan that separated Central Java and East Java. There are many tourists attraction in Karanganyar. They are divided into four categories: natural tourism, historical tourism, pilgrimage tourism, cultural tourism. Natural Tourism Gunung Bromo: Although, it's named "Gunung Bromo" but it's not Bromo Mountain like in East Java. In this place, you'll find a forest which has many rare trees, ex: Sandalwood. The interesting thing in "Gunung Bromo" is a teak tree that surrounded by banyan trees and called "Jati Kurung" (teak brackets). Not only unique, this phenomenon seems miraculous. Just below the teak brackets was inhabited by prince Diponegoro's wife when Dutch colonial period. ...

About Tourists

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Source of image: farnaztravel.wordpress.com Almost all of countries crave for tourist arrivals because it can bring foreign exchange for them. So many countries compete to attract the tourists. All of you who come from Europe or America have advantages if you want to vacation in Asia countries due to the value of its currency is lower than Europe and America, for example in Indonesia 1 USD = Rp.13,444/ 1 GBP = Rp.21,133/ 1 EUR = Rp.15,015. So if you come from Europe and America, especially the United States, it would be nice to visit and spend your time in Indonesia. You will have a long vacation and could explore many wonderful places. And for us, the Indonesian citizen, we have to work hard and save our money gradually and we don't know when we could visit your country. Nevertheless, yo don't have to worry, we just need to strive to build the economy of our citizens. Meanwhile, you just enjoy our lovely country and we promise to accept you as ...