Cempaka Culture and Tourism: RI expands tourism market to eastern Europe

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Monday, September 10, 2007

RI expands tourism market to eastern Europe

The Jakarta Post

Journalist Urip Hudiono from The Jakarta Post joined the Culture and Tourism Ministry's recent road show to Ukraine's capital Kiev, Norway's Oslo and Italy's Milan to promote Indonesian tourism. Below is his report on the tour.

Come rain or high water, Indonesia in the end still manages to remain a sunny paradise for tourists worldwide. Its white sandy beaches, pristine nature and rich culture are unscathed by security problems, natural disasters and even outbreaks of disease.

Yet, in today's increasingly competitive tourism sector, Indonesia can no longer afford to take for granted its ability to attract more visitors to come. Other countries, including developing ones, are polishing their own attractions -- and sometimes even "stealing" others-- to grab a piece of that lucrative market of globe-trotters.

It is against this background that the Culture and Tourism Ministry organized a promotional road show in June to keep Indonesia on the tourism map.

The three-leg tour to Ukraine's capital Kiev, Norway's capital Oslo and Italy's fashion capital Milan was intended to open up new tourist markets, reintroduce Indonesia's cultural attractions to the world, and roll out the country's latest tourism promotion strategy: promoting events at major tourist destinations.

Regarding this strategy, known in the trade as the "Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions" (MICE) strategy, the Culture and Tourism Ministry's secretary-general, Sapta Nirwandar, said that this promotional approach was common nowadays, and Indonesia needed to do all it could not to miss out.

"The new paradigm now is not just about attracting ordinary tourists, but ensuring that all visitors become tourists," he said.

"We can do this through MICE, because by holding events, attendees are likely to visit tourist destinations during their stay. Everyone is now doing this, so we have to as well."

Indonesia already has two large events lined up -- the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart in Bali on Sept. 25-28, which is expected to attract 1,500 travel firms and lead to deals worth some US$500 million, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Dec. 13-14, also in Bali.

The "incentives" element of MICE involves actively attracting large multinational corporations to send their employees here on all-expenses-paid vacations as incentives.

"Everyone needs a holiday once in a while to stay productive, and companies know that. So they facilitate their employees in this regard," Sapta said. "We can approach such companies, and offer them our best tourism package deals."

Indonesia is hoping to attract 6 million tourists this year, and generate US$6 billion in earnings. It wants to increase the figure to 7 million next year, during Visit Indonesia Year 2008.

The number of overseas visitors from January-July amounted to nearly 2.57 million, up nearly 13 percent from the same period a year ago, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported earlier this month. Last year, only 4.87 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia, generating $4.4 billion in earnings. The original target had been 5 million.

Meanwhile, the road-show's stop in Kiev was aimed at opening up new markets in eastern Europe.

"Since the Ukraine's political and economic reform, there are now many Ukrainians who can afford and are eager to go out and see the world," said Indonesian ambassador to the Ukraine, Alexander Laturiuw.

During a meeting with local tourism officials, Indonesian and Ukrainian officials agreed to work on visa-on arrival agreements and direct flights to increase the number of Ukrainian tourists, which by June had reached 1,400, compared to 2,939 last year. Indonesia hopes to increase the figure to 4,000 this year.

From Norway, which has long been a tourism market for Indonesia but has yet to be fully exploited, Sapta expects a 20 percent increase from last year's 16,000 visitors. Similarly, Indonesia wants to increase the number of visitors from Italy, one of Indonesia's main markets in Europe, from 40,992 tourists last year.

Indonesia's tourism industry received a blow just after the road show when the European Union decided to ban Indonesian airlines from flying to the region on safety concerns.

The lifting of the ban is now being reconsidered, while figures from the BPS show that it resulted in no significant drop in tourist arrivals.

On Indonesia's hopes to consolidate its unique cultural products through the road show, the ministry's head of foreign cooperation, Nies Anggraeni, said this was important given the growing trend among neighboring countries to promote a number of Indonesian traditions as their own.

"Our batik, the Dayak traditions in Kalimantan, and even the West Javanese 'angklung' traditional musical instrument are among the things that could be lost to other countries if we do not promote them ourselves," she said.

The road show presented cultural shows in all three cities, and a batik fashion show in Milan -- all of which received positive responses from the audiences, many of whom said they would like to visit Indonesia some day.