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The Ministry of Public Works and People's Housing (PUPR) is currently preparing an scheme for the construction of the Batam-Bintan Bridge, Riau Islands (Kepri) as directed by President Joko Widodo. PUPR Minister, Basuki Hadimuljono said the bridge with more than 7 kilometers long is worth 4 trillion rupiah. He said that there is a big investment potential. MInister Basuki Hadimuljono in Batam, Friday (2/3) said that Chinese investors are interested in the project. According to him, the Batam-Bintan Bridge can be run with ‘Government with Business Entity (KPBU)’ cooperation scheme, so as to involve the government and the private sector. With the majority of private handling, the bridge will be converted into high-tariff toll roads. He cited as an example 'the Surabaya Madura (Suramadu) bridge'. Because it was built with the State Budget – APBN, the toll tariff is not high. However, until now the Ministry is still reviewing the best scheme which most benefits to all parties in the Batam-Bintan bridge project. On that occasion, MInister Basuki emphasized the need for regional development in Bintan. There must be synergy of the region's development in the form of tourism area, special economic zone and many more.

The City Government of Cirebon, West Java plans to include the cultural Cap Go Meh Carnival in their annual tourism calendar in the hope of being developed into a world class event. (Pjs) Temporary Mayor of Cirebon Dedi Taufik, in Cirebon, Friday said he wanted this cultural carnival to go up the rank of world class tourism event. He even said Cap Go Meh Culture in Cirebon City is the pride of the region, therefore the community and other related parties should guard it for cultural preservation, even cultural expansion. Meanwhile Head of Cirebon Culture Department of Tourism and Sports Eddy Tohidi said the Cap Go Meh cultural carnival needs to be developed as a conservation effort and promises to create an annual tourism calendar and incorporate the Cap Go Meh carnival as one of the events.

North Sumatera Governor HT Erry Nuradi, promotes Lake Toba, a lake that exist due to the largest volcano eruption in Asia, in Hungary's largest tourism fair, Utazas 2018 It took place in the Hungexpo building in Budapest, the Hungarian Capital from 1st to 4th March 2018. The governor also invited visitors of the Utazas tourism exhibition 2018 to the famous island of Nias with sea tourism and traditional stone jumping which is as high as nearly two meters. Cultural and Social Affairs of the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest in a statement received by Antara London, Saturday said, the natural tourism exhibition is routinely followed by the Embassy in Budapest from year to year.This time the pavilion theme is Enchanting Sumatera. According to the Governor, North Sumatra is very close from Singapore and with the existence of two new airports namely Kualanamu and Silangit Foreign tourist can easily visit any time to North Sumatra Province. The promotional activity of Lake Toba is conducted in Utazas 2018 which is the largest tourism exhibition in Hungary followed by 250 exhibitors. The pavilion is filled with representatives from various countries displaying various potential and travel agents selling tourist packages. In 2018, the Indonesian pavilion displayed seven tour operators, industrial products and commodities along with samples that can be enjoyed by visitors, entertainment in the form of dance from the archipelago and regional clothes. The decoration of the pavilions is themed Enchanting Sumatera.