Minahasa in North Sulawesi Holds Tondano Lake Festival
Jakarta. Minahasa in North Sulawesi holds Tondano Lake Festival at Moraya Fortress, from Oct. 27 until Nov. 17, to promote tourist attractions in the region.
The festival features a fun walk event, a cooking competition, sports competitions, Minahasa Expo 2017, a beauty pageant Waraney and Wulan Minahasa, a choir festival, a cultural party and a release of 1,000 lanterns and 500 obor kasih (torches).
Minahasa district head Jantje Wowiling, said the event is one of the most important tourism events held by the Ministry of Tourism this year.
"The synergy between the local and central government has a good impact on tourism, and will make Minahasa a more popular tourist destination," Jantje said.
North Sulawesi has set a target of 1.78 million tourists in 2017.
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