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Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations (UN) in New York, H.E. Dian Triansyah Djani and the Ambassador of Barbados to the United Nations, H.E. H. Elizabeth Thompson, has signed Joint Communique (JC) for the Opening of Diplomatic Relations between Indonesia and Barbados at the UN headquarters in New York, United States (19/6).

The opening of diplomatic relations is a shared desire between the two countries to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, economics, culture and education. This decision is in accordance with the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and based on the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and International Law namely equality between countries, national sovereignty, interdependence, territorial integrity, and non-intervention in internal affairs of other countries.

Indonesia hopes that the momentum of the opening of diplomatic relations with Barbados can encourage increased trade, investment and tourism between the two countries.

Barbados is an island country located in the Caribbean region and according to the World Bank are CARICOM members classified as high income countries in 2017 with per capita income of USD 16,788. (kemenlu) 

North Sulawesi will hold the Bunaken Festival in Manado on July 17-20, 2019, to the tourists who share the maritime border with the Philippines.

"I am optimistic that this festival will be able to attract North Sulawesi's tourists and visit," the provincial administration's secretary of the North Sulawesi, stated here, on Wednesday.

The Bunaken Festival is 2019 included in the 100 Wonder of Events designated by the Tourism Ministry. A food festival, traditional music and dance live aboard the Bunaken Sail trip, fishing contest, coast clean-up, Underwater Photography competition, and triathlon will be featured.

The tourism ministry has named North Sumatra's tourism sector for 2019, as its tourism industry has a growth of 600 percent over the past four years.

Some 120 thousand tourists have visited North Sulawesi in 2018, rising notably from some 20 thousand in 2015, 40 thousand in 2016, and 80 thousand in 2017.

The number of domestic tourists visiting the province has increased by two million, from two million to four million. The Indonesian government had held the international maritime event from Sail Bunaken in 2009 as part of the Sail Indonesia series. 

Bunaken is an island spanning 8.08 square kilometers in the Bay of Manado, situated in the north of the island of Sulawesi. North Sulawesi is known for its Bunaken National Marine Park covering an area of ​​75,265 hectares. The five islands of Naen, Bunaken, Manado Tua, Siladen, and small islands around it.

The Bunaken national sea park has abundance of fish and coral species and at least 20 diving spots of varying depths. The park is located near the center of the Coral Triangle, a habitat offering for 390 species of coral as well as numerous fish, reptilian and marine mammalian varieties. (ant) 

The winners of the 2019 Good Design Indonesia (GDI) event are ready to advance to the G-Mark international design competition on July 30 - August 1, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. The winner of GDI is divided into three titles, namely GDI of the Year, GDI Best, and GDI. Trophies and certificates for the winners were handed over directly by the Director General of National Export Development Arlinda, on behalf of the Minister
Indonesian Trade Enggartiasto Lukita, at the Ministry of Trade, Jakarta, Wednesday (6/26).

The winning products of GDI 2019 will be displayed at the 34th Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) at BSD Serpong Indonesia Convention & Exhibition (ICE), Tangerang, Banten, on 16-20 October 2019. At the exhibition, the Ministry of Trade through the Directorate General of Export Development National will provide a special pavilion for GDI winning products.

"Publication through TEI is one of the efforts of the Ministry of Trade to promote GDI products. The product design that has been produced is expected to have added value and high competitiveness in the international market. So that it becomes one of the key drivers of national non-oil and gas exports," Arlinda explained

Indonesia's achievements in the G-Mark 2018 A total of seven Indonesian products won the 62nd G-Mark award in 2018. Seventh
the product consists of one product that won 20 G-Mark Best and six G-Mark Good Design winning products. The 20 Best G-Mark Best products are Bamboo Bikes, while the winning products of GMark Good Design are Armchair painting chairs, Daihatsu Terios, Bamboo Batik Stole fabrics, Dashdot Air Ventilators, charcoal drawings and Cold Drip Coffee Maker.

"Hopefully this year more Indonesian products will get an award at the G-Mark 2019. The title of G-Mark makes Indonesian products easier to enter global markets, especially Japan," concluded Arlinda. (kemendag)

The Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) encourages sustainable tourism development programs or Sustainable Tourism Develompent becomes a priority program.

Deputy of Industry and Institutional Development Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani during the '2019 Sustainable Tourism Certification Kick Off' at the Pullman Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday (6/26/2019) said the principle of Sustainable Tourism Certification was carried out to ensure auditing performance and conformity assessment and responsibility in the application of sustainable tourism.

"As a model and best practices, for 2019 it is still limited to five locations. For 2020 and beyond, we encourage destinations and industries that will participate in the implementation of sustainable tourism, "he said.

In its implementation, continued Giri, certification will be carried out by the IST-Council. Triningsih Herlinawati, Head of the BSN Certification Institution Accreditation Center, with standards that must be met, including ISO / IEC 17065: 2012.

"In addition, the division of roles must also be clearly described to avoid the Conflict of Interest," Giri said.

On the same occasion, there was also IST-Council Chair I Gede Ardika who explained that Indonesia is an example or benchmark at the UNWTO level in implementing standards and criteria compiled by UNWTO for realistic sustainable tourism.

"Certification of sustainable tourism is a concrete manifestation of the implementation of sustainable tourism at both national and international levels," said I Gede Ardika. (kemenpar)