The tourism and culture of Indonesia are aired on Hainan TV, one of largest television stations in China. Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun in his statement to Antara News Agency in Beijing on Monday (27/8) said that he had recorded for a television program on Hainan TV. He promotes several tourism destinations in Indonesia, particularly Bali. China has contributed the largest foreign tourists’ visit to Indonesia for several years before the Covid-19 pandemic, with an average visit number of more than two million people per year.
Moreover, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun also promotes various handicrafts, such as batik, gamelan, drums, spices, and various food and beverage products from Indonesia that have entered the Chinese market. The TV program is enlivened by a couple of wife and husband from Central Java who teach at the Conservatory Music School center of China in Beijing. On that occasion, the couple gives examples of the differences in drum beats and Javanese and Balinese dance movements.
Ambassador Djauhari further said that the program, which is packaged on the Mei Qing program Seeing the World: this is Indonesia, will be broadcast on Hainan TV in October 2021. Hainan TV is one of the largest regional media outlets in China owned by Hainan Broadcasting Group, based in Hainan Island.