Indonesia & Bali Tourism New

GENEVA (Reuters) — Sumatra’s endangered elephants and tigers should get a boost from a move by Indonesia’s government to expand one of their last havens, a national park on the island of Sumatra, the conservation group WWF said Thursday.

The area of the park, Tesso Nilo in Riau Province, is to be more than doubled to 212,500 acres. But the group warned that increased efforts would be vital to ensure that poaching and illegal logging did not continue. (more…)

Singapore Airlines announced on 25 August that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism (IMCT) to contribute to activities to promote Indonesia as a tourist destination as part of the ‘Visit Indonesia Year 2008′ campaign.

The airline will contribute air travel, rebated cargo and waivers of excess baggage charges, while the IMCT will make ground arrangements for the participants of agreed joint activities relating to media or educational trips. (more…)

Singapore Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding alongside the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism (IMCT) to boost visitor arrivals to Indonesia.

The move will follow with a US$250,000 joint spend over a three-year period to carry out joint promotional activities in key markets that contribute to Indonesian arrivals, mainly Europe, North Asia, Middle East, Australia and the USA. (more…)

Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A parade of traditional Indonesian fabrics ranging from hand-painted batik to ikat weaves and songket cloths utilized in contemporary designs could be said to summarize Festival Mode Indonesia — Jakarta Fashion Week 2008.

Modern cuts, combined with traditional fabrics used as accents or even as whole outfits, were seen on models sashaying the catwalk in Pacific Place Mall, South Jakarta, at the first Jakarta Fashion Week (Aug. 20 to 24). (more…)