Dear Visitor,

Starting this mid Desember we're moving out into our new office with the new address:

Jl. Tebet Timur Raya 22 D
Jakarta 12820
INDONESIA
Phone: 62-21-98272744

Bina Swadaya Training Center and Bumi Kita Foundation in collaboration with Indecon conducted a series of training workshop on ecotourism product development and promotion in four different regions in Indonesia. The four regions were North Sumatra, West Java, West Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi. These regions were selected based on ecotourism potentials, the number of European tourists visiting the area, local governments’ supports, and the need increase number of foreign tourists. The series of training workshops were conducted in November to December 2005 in each region. The training workshops were aimed at improving relevant parties’ understanding toward the concept of ecotourism, knowledge on how to develop ecotourism packages and how to identify ecotourism potentials, as well as developing marketing strategy to capture global market. Fund for these workshops were obtained from Eurpoean Union Small Projects Facility granted to Bina Swadaya Training Center and Bumi Kita Foundation.

North Sumatra as a tourists’ destination has been renowned in international tourism market, especially in Europe. European tourists accounted for the biggest portion of foreign tourists in the province. However, some popular tourism sites in North Sumatra such as Lake Toba, Bukit Lawang and Brastagi continue to decline in the last few years, with the number of visitors decreasing considerably from year to year.