A country in Asia that is suspected as the lost Atlantis, that is Indonesia. A country which has more than 13,000 islands, 33 provinces, one president, more than 240 million resident, more than 500 local languages, and one national language. As a country with the majority of its territory consists of marine, Indonesia grew into a developing country that has many interesting tourism to visit, especially its beach. Indonesia lies in ring of fire thus making Indonesia has many volcanoes, Indonesia has more than 100 volcanoes. The number of volcanoes making Indonesia has a lot of objects that can be used as a place to climb.
Attractions Indonesia is most synonymous with tourism on the Bali island because of there are many choices of interesting tourism there. Actually, many other tourism that are not less interesting with the existing of tourism in Bali. As examples are tourism in Lombok island which has many white sandy beaches such as Bali, Yogyakarta which has the largest Hindu temple (Prambanan temple) in the world and Ramayana ballet, Central Java has Borobudur temple which known as the largest Buddhist temple, and many other tourism. In addition to the many tourism that can be a tourist fascination, there are some other things that make tourists should visit Indonesia. Here are 5 reasons to visit Indonesia,
Friendly locals
Indonesia's population is famous as friendly people and always smile to anyone. Be friendly and always smile to others is one of Indonesian way to appreciate someone. Most people embrace the Muslim religion which are taught to respect and respect for others. Indonesia's population is still upholds traditional and cultural heritage of our ancestors. Customs and culture has become one of the pride of the Indonesian population.
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| local people and foreign in Yogyakarta |
Delicious food and drink
Many tourists from outside the country come to Indonesia to taste food from Indonesia directly. Food from Indonesia also became one of the fascination for the tourists. The most popular food is Nasi Goreng and Rendang.
Culture
As already mentioned above, Indonesia has 33 provinces. Each province usually has a traditional dress, language, traditional musical instruments, customs, dance areas, and typical food. For example province of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta has kebaya as traditional clothing, Java language as the local language, Gamelan as traditional musical instruments, various customs such as gunungan and tirakatan, serimpi dance as local dance, and Gudeg as typical food. All cultures were maintained and preserved by each region. In fact, there are some province that has more than one regional culture.
Owner of the largest coral reefs
Indonesian territory consist of large oceans makes Indonesia has many natural resources of the sea such as coral reefs and fish. The total area of coral reefs in Indonesia seas in 2015 was about 2.5 million hectares.
The world's largest lizards
Komodo is the name of the world's largest lizard. Komodo is an animals like big lizards with a length of 2-3 meters and weighing more than 100 kg. Komodo dragon is the only surviving ancient animals. Komodo stay and protected in an island in Indonesia called the Komodo island, which is an island in the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara).
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Komodo Island
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