Lovina Festival Presents Sacred Art
50 Yachts from 12 Countries Participate in Sail Indonesia
Sail
Indonesia will be held coinciding with the Lovina Festival on Thursday
(Sep 25). This international event involved totally 50 yachts from 12
countries around the world. The yachts are ready to moor on Lovina
Beach, Buleleng. “Today, dozens of yachts have moored,” said the Head of
Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Ketut Warkadea, while giving a
press conference, Tuesday (Sep 23).Warkadea said that the government had made data collection of the yachts having moored on Lovina Beach. The crews also began to administer their visa in the Immigration Office of Singaraja. They were mostly from Australia, while others from Germany, Malta, Spain, the United States, New Zealand, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Canada.
He was optimistic that the Sail Indonesia 2014 could provide economic impact on the community in supporting the tourism area of Lovina. Although the crews did not stay at hotels existing at Lovina, the yacht crews were admitted to give micro-economic impact on the buffer zone of Lovina.
In other words, their sojourn would generate transaction at traditional market. Here, the crews of the yachts began hunting groceries for their voyage needs to Karimun Jawa on Sunday (Sep 28). In addition, they also bought mineral water in bulk and gases, including fuel. Everything had been well coordinated by the headman of Kalibukbuk.
Besides, they also took some tour packages. The most wanted package tour was the one-day city tour program. The package itself had been widely sold by tourism practitioners around the Binaria Beach at Lovina. “If Lovina is nice and safe, they will surely promote it by word of mouth, including posting the experience on their blogs. This can be a trip reference in the future. On that account, we hope there is a support from the community and media partners,” said Warkadea.
Related to Lovina Festival, Warkadea ensured there would be a different atmosphere. All the yacht crews dropping in at Lovina would be graced with Lovina Festival in different nuance from the previous one. Last year, they were entertained with the Sang Hyang Memedi Dance, but this year they would be jazzed up with the Sang Hyang Legong Dedari Dance, where they were equally categorized into sacred dance.
“There are many additional activities, such as culinary exhibition of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), photography competition, free satay distribution and kite fighting games. Indeed, we still maintain some activities,” said the man doubling as Chief of the Kubutambahan customary village. (BTN/015)http://www.bali-travelnews.com
