Another Beautiful Underwater Park In The World
A number of tourists looking to hang out and chat while dining at ease off in the direction of the sea looked dominated colors Blue, green, and white. The colors that appear due to the influence of the spread of coral reefs in the shallow seabed and deep. They were enjoying lunch in Papua Diving Resort, the waters of f Irian Jaya Barat.
Brightly the Sun and thus make the nascent stars air gemas guests to come back to dive and the diving. Sunlight often penetrated cracks up to the Coral Sea waves. Landscape and biota abandoned its glamour did make a lasting impression for the tourists. For lovers of excursions coastal and underwater are bigots,
Raja Ampat Islands are very well known even rated best in the world for the quality of the coral reefs.
Many
underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea international
Raja Ampat Islands. Some even came over and over again and create a book specifically about the beauty of coral reefs and marine biota of the region. Mid-2006, a special team from the world's leading scientific adventure magazine, National Geographic, making the coverage in the Raja Ampat Islands which will served as the main report in 2007.
As much as 610 Island
Raja Ampat Islands are fractional District Slide, since 2003. The County has a population of 31,000 inhabitants has 610 Island (only 35 inhabited island) with an area of approximately 46000 km2, but only 6,000 km2 of land, 40,000 km2 of the ocean again. The
Islands are unspoiled and still makes its beautiful tourist instantly hooked. They will want to explore the rest of the waters at the "bird's head" New Guinea.
The area had become it hunts fish reefs by means of bombs and spreading the poison cyanide. However, there are still many people who work to protect the region so that its wealth can be saved. Coral reefs in the
Raja Ampat Islands rated the finest in the world. Of the 537 coral species of the world, 75 percent were in these waters. Found all kinds of fish, 669 1,104 type mollusk (animal), and 537 animal types of coral. Out of the ordinary.
The World Bank in collaboration with global environmental institutions set up Raja Ampat Islands as one of the areas in Eastern Indonesia that have help Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (Coremap) II, since 2005. In the Raja Ampat Islands, this program includes 17 villages and involve the local population. Fishermen also trained cultivate groupers and seaweeds.
Exotic
Diving Papua, the only resort that offers exotic underwater tourism in the region, arriving tourists were scuba enthusiasts enjoy for days and even up to a month full of wading through crook-crook of the seabed. They are as if nobody wants to go back to their respective countries because it was getting "island paradise that is second to none on this earth".
Its administrators are easy to prepare a place for tourists. Maximillian j. Ammer, a citizen of the Netherlands New Guinea Diving Resort owner who was also a pioneer of marine tourism drive this area, should prepare a wide range of facilities to furiously pull tourists from foreign countries. Since starting his business eight years ago, many funds have to be issued. However, the result is also satisfactory. Each year the resort is visited at least 600 special tourist spends an average of two weeks.
The Inn is very simple just walled and roofed woven coconut leaves it cost a minimum of 75 euros or USD $ 900,000 last night. If you want to dive must pay 30 euros or about $ 360,000 dive at a specific location. Most tourists coming from Europe. Only a few tourists from Indonesia who stay and dive in there.
“Tourists dive almost every day since the dive was very broad and diverse. The beauty of coral reefs is indeed varies so much choice and invite curious. There are tourists who are already 80-years-old is still strong, "said Max Ammer the beristrikan girls in Manado.
Three years ago, building a modern Diving Papua Inn not far from the first location. It turns out, the Inn was built by relying on local building materials almost always fully booked. When the charge reaches 225 euros or about $ 2.7 million per night. In the new location, furnished modern equipment, including the international telephone and internet facilities.
Tourists to the Raja Ampat Islands just wants to Dive on the island of New Guinea because of his Mansuar and facilities are of international standards, as well as its food. They landed at the airport Domne Eduard Osok, Slide, jump to the location of the ship has a capacity of about 10 people quick charge Usd 3.2 million all the way. It took about 3-4 hours to reach Mansuar.
Just like other island, Mansuar looks beautiful because their forests were still awake and its water was clean so in sea life which is not far from the surface can be seen clearly. Tourists simply swim or ber-snorkelling to see the beauty of the sea, whereas if it is to observe firsthand the beauty of the sea at a depth of biota, they have to dive.
Feel Safe
Locals were involved in the construction and management of the resort, even 90 of 100 employees are citizens of Papua. Residents also supplies fish, vegetables, fruits, and more. One of the most well-known packages visit the Township to see plants and animals typical local, including bird of paradise. A lot of tourists who become donors of development and education of children about Man-flare.
Max Ammer are committed to improving the economy and the skills of local people. They have a foreign language trained and using scuba gear. Tourists also feel safe in day and night while enjoying the Sun and blazing and the sinking of the swimming and diving in the sea is very deep.
In addition to the marine and fisheries,
Raja Ampat Islands has a wealth of natural resources, including petroleum and nickel. In its basis there are also many ships sank the former World War II which is thought to contain "hidden treasures" high-value. However, if either manage the exploitation of all it activities, feared to threaten the sustainability and the natural beauty of its.
Source: voice of Renewal, TP, 7 January Sumedi 2007