JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com-Seudati 2012-Festival will be held at Bireuen Regency in Aceh are capable of promoting Provinci targeted tourist and cultural Aceh.
"We expect this ' event ' is not only capable of promoting tourism in Aceh but also the local community culture in the broader level especially ASEAN," said Deputy Minister for tourism and Creative Economy Sapta Nirwandar here on Saturday night, in the launch of Aceh Seudati Dance Festival 2012.
It wished, the festival is planned in September or October performed by 2012 will be the start of a good promotion for the implementation of the program Visit Aceh 2013.
Seudati was chosen as the festival, he said, because of the uniqueness, specificity, and its potential as one of the cultural product is Acehnese.
"And this ' event ' is getting a positive response from the people of Aceh so that hope can be a good impact for society," he said.
Director of tourism promotion In the country Kemenparekraf m. Faried said it gave full support to the event.
"Funds for organizing the event is supported by the full BUDGET 2012 worth nearly one billion dollars," he said.
To become an annual event, it asks for starting next year there should be participation of local governments to fund the implementation of local festivals.
Bupati Bireuen h. Ruslan m. David says, the implementation of Seudati memomentum Festival 2012 being valuable in the midst of rampant party claim against the culture of Indonesia.
He hoped, with the number of festival no longer issues similar claims that stuck out over Indonesia as a cultural heritage of other peoples.
"In addition we also feel proud of the attention of the Government in introducing Dance Seudati widely and make it as ' event '. We hope it will also continue to encroach into ' event ', "he said.
The tourism sector in Aceh for as long as it contributes to the revenue of the original area.
The number of foreign tourists to Aceh was recorded as many as 29,500 in 2011, while the number of tourists to Indonesia Aceh mobilization in the same year reached 959.000 people.
It wished, organizing festivals leading up to and during the program Visit Aceh Seudati 2012 2013 including the Festival was able to boost the number of tourists to Aceh until it reaches more than 20 percent.
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