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Until now, there are museums in Indonesia that has no public toilet facilities. If any, conditions are still not in accordance with the standards expected. In fact, who got Sapta Enchantment Award, the toilet if the system is equated with hotels, a new three-star grade. Not five stars.

The fact is expressed by the Director General of Tourism Destination Development Ministry of Culture and Tourism of RI, Firman Rahim and Jury Awards Honor Seven Public Toilet Besrih Enchantment, Ny Triesna Wacik on Monday (9/27/2010) in Jakarta.

From 275 museums which are sent invitations to participate in Clean Toilets Competition, which involved only 53 museums, with details of the government’s 38 museums and 15 private museums / foundation. Of the 53 museums of participants, only 51 are graded. “A museum and a museum to resign again can not be assessed, the Museum of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II in Palembang, South Sumatra, because they do not have toilet facilities,” said Firman.
Triesna Wacik said five private museums / museum foundation and a 10 Award recipient governments Sapta Enchantment, all predicate enough. “Yes, a new class three star, far from five star class. Giving appreciation awards as well as to motivate the managers of the museum, in order to succeed the Year Visits Museum 2010,” he said. » Read more..

Percentage of total foreign tourists visiting Indonesia and  incomes scores are still very unequal. Indonesia visited by about 0.7 percent of the total number of tourists in the world every year. However, only 0.08 percent of total tourist spending globally accepted. Researcher Center for Tourism Planning and Development Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Myra Gunawan P, on the sidelines of the Tourism Outlook Pre Summit Workshop in Bandung Tourism College, on Monday (9/27/2010), said the circumstances of the tourism sector in Indonesia is very alarming .

“Surely there is something wrong in the tourism sector with no berimbangnya percentage of tourists and revenues,” he said.

Based on data from the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI), in 2009, for example, Indonesia is visited by around 7 million foreign tourists (tourists) with revenues of approximately Rp 70 trillion.

According to Myra, the possibility of lame percentage in tourist numbers was due to tourist spending in Indonesia is very low. “I suspect, foreign tourists arrived in Indonesia just because of cheaper costs. Thus, Indonesia has become a cheap tourist destination,” he said.

Low cost travel in Indonesia be an indication that, despite having competitive products, the quality of human resources (HR) field of tourism is low. In effect, HR was willing to pay cheap.

Competitive level of prices of products and services in Indonesia are of superior in the Asia Pacific region, namely the rank-3 or higher than Singapore the 27th, the 4th Malaysia, and Thailand into the 19th. However, the index of the quality of Indonesian tourism is only the 42nd, while Singapore is at the first and Malaysia’s ranking to 30th.

Another paradox in the country is, Indonesia to prioritize the tourism sector ranked 10th or higher than other countries, like Malaysia and Thailand to-23-22. However, the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia less.

Since 2007 until today, the global competitive index of Indonesian tourism is stagnant with the ratings have not changed, that is ranked 54th.

The existence of the historic sites of the temple in Padang Lawas and North Padang Lawas, North Sumatra impressed less get treatment, which is marked with the number growing weeds and other weeds in the area of these sites.

“Even pets like a buffalo with a barge moored in the body is a temple that is black, mossy and overgrown with parasitic plants,” said the researcher staff of Center of Social Science Studies and History (Pussis) State University of Medan, Erond Damanik in Medan, on Monday.

He said that, in the district of Padang Padang Lawas shells and the North there are eleven temples in local language called “biaro” relic century AD 11-14.

Eleventh temple namely Biaro Bahal I, Biaro Bahal II, III Biaro Bahal, Biaro Sitopayan, Biaro Bara, Biaro Pulo, Biaro Sipamutung, Biaro Tandihat I, Biaro Tandihat II, Biaro Sisangkilon and Biaro Manggis. » Read more..