Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Opening up Wakatobi as a world coral wonder

"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, January 14, 2008

Opening up Wakatobi as a world coral wonder

Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Wakatobi

Wakatobi regency in Southeast Sulawesi is hoping to transform the area into an international tourist destination for diving enthusiasts.

An island chain spanning 18,000 square kilometers, 3,070 of which have been designated a national park, Wakatobi is home to 65 diving spots and at least 942 fish species and around 750 coral species -- or more than 90 percent of the 850 coral species in the world.

Wakatobi Regent Hugua said the biggest stumbling block was the lack of supporting infrastructure such as hotels, restaurants and an airport, as Wakatobi can only be reached by sea from Bau-Bau or the province capital of Kendari.

There is an airstrip in Tomia district, but it is privately owned by one of the two dive operators in Wakatobi and only serves chartered flights.

"The most pressing matter right now is for the local administration to open up the area by building an airport ... so tourists can easily reach the area," Hugua said recently.

"So far, guests only use the sea route, which is risky due to waves that can reach four to five meters."

The administration has set aside Rp 40 billion (US$4.4 million) to build an airport with a runway of 1,800 to 2,100 meters, Hugua said. Construction is slated to begin January and last to the end of the year.

The Wakatobi administration will also build airstrips in Kaledupa and Binongko districts, while hoping private investors will open hotels and restaurants.

"We have encouraged investors to build international standard hotels and restaurants this year, but if there aren't any, we will build them ourselves," said Hugua.

Such facilities, said Hugua, must be immediately realized to reach the target of turning the area into a major tourist destination and improve the local economy and people's welfare.

To accommodate investors, the administration said it would expedite business permit issuance and offer tax holidays.

Only two tour operators currently operate in Wakatobi, the Wakatobi Dive Resort in Tomia, which caters to tourists from Europe, the United States and the Middle East, and Wallacea in Hoga, which provides services to overseas researchers.

In the last two years, the two operators brought in some 3,000 foreign tourists.

"The figure would be much higher (if we had suitable) facilities. Currently, visitors who wish to visit the Wakatobi Dive Resort have to wait three years for their turn," said Hugua.

The Wakatobi administration will provide credit loans of up to Rp 40 billion to residents to renovate their homes into homestays or lodgings for tourists, he said.

"For the administration, the most important thing is how to realize our tourism potential, because it will spur on the local economy," said Hugua.

To protect its marine resources, the administration said it would implement operating regulations, such as prohibiting Wakatobi residents, who are mostly fishermen, from using fish bombs and poison.

Formed in 2003, the regency comprises 39 islands, seven of them inhabited. The names of four of the larger islands -- Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko -- make up the acronym of Wakatobi.