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Tourism ministry visits Marina commercial zone in Labuan Bajo
The project itself is a Rp 400 billion (US$30.02 million) investment and had its groundbreaking ceremony in April 2017.
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All set: State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno (center) launches the groundbreaking of the Marina commercial zone development in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara. (JP/Markus Makur)
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ourism ministry's archipelago tourism marketing development deputy, Esthy Reko Astuti recently traveled to East Nusa Tenggara to attend the closing ceremony of Tour de Flores on July 19.
Prior to that, Esthy made time to visit PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Marina commercial zone development in Labuan Bajo.
“This is part of the acceleration program for 10 priority destinations in Labuan Bajo. Only with the spirit of Indonesia Incorporated can Labuan Bajo be improved and ready to welcome overseas tourists. I hope everything goes well and will be done by December 2018,” Esthy said.
“The ASPD Marina will be the docking place for tourist ships like yachts or phinisi boats and become the main entrance gate for overseas tourists who travel by sea. To date, tourist ships still have to share access with container ships and it’s hard to be managed professionally. This is one of the government’s efforts to push for a better development in the port area of Labuan Bajo,” Esthy added.
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The project itself is a Rp 400 billion (US$30.02 million) investment and had its groundbreaking ceremony in April 2017. It is built as a joint venture between three companies, namely state-owned Seaport operator ASDP Indonesia Ferry, Pertamina’s hotel operator PT Patra Jasa and state-owned construction firm PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP).
PT ASDP Indonesia will be the major shareholder with 51 percent while PT Patra Jasa and PT Pembangunan Perumahan will cover 25 percent and 24 percent respectively.
PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry president director Faik Fahmi said that the development of the commercial zone is in line with the company’s road map called RE-ASDP consisting of Re-formulation of Business Foundation (2016), Acceleration of Commercial (2017), Services to The Nation (2018), Drive to Excellent (2019) and Performance to The Best (2020).
“This year is the year of commercial acceleration, we hope ASPD can contribute more to the country, build connectivity without relying on the government and improve national tourism and makes it on par with the world standard. This is why we would like to develop Labuan Bajo,” said Faik.
Read also: Labuan Bajo named international tourists' favorite destination
Along with the development of the commercial site in Labuan Bajo, there’s also plan to build a hotel on an 8,000-meter square of land.
Labuan Bajo has been listed by President Joko Widodo as one of the 10 New Balis together with Lake Toba, Raja Ampat, Wakatobi, and others. The capital city of West Manggarai is a destination for marine tourism that is well equipped and is seriously being developed.
Labuan Bajo is the house of Komodo Island, Komodo dragon is the only ancient animal that still exists on this earth. Labuan Bajo also has other beautiful islands such as Padar Island, Rinca Island.
In 2015, CNN crowned Labuan Baju as the second best snorkeling site in the world after Raja Ampat in Papua and before Galapagos Islands in South America. (asw)
