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View all search resultsMembers of Ekspedisi Maritim Timur Nusantara (Maritime Expedition to the East of the Archipelago) have shared their experience of sailing to 16 islands in Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua on a traditional boat.
In the 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report, Indonesia ranks 60th of 138 countries for infrastructure. One of the factors dragging the country down is poor infrastructure development in eastern Indonesia, which consists of relatively poor territories, namely Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.
A former leader of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Abraham Samad, is gathering support for a run in the 2019 presidential election from a group calling themselves the Eastern Indonesian People’s Coalition.
It’s not hard to understand why eastern Indonesia is on most travelers' bucket lists. It is certainly the place to go if you’re looking for exceptional experience, rough and raw travel, genuinely lovely people and places far from tourist traps.
State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina will include 14 more regencies in Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua and Papua on the single fuel price program to help people in remote areas purchase fuel at the same standardized price.
Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) chairman Bahlil Lahadalia says he appreciates the government’s commitment to infrastructure development, while highlighting the need to focus the spending on eastern parts of Indonesia.
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