Bali Arts Festival Instagram Photo Competition Ends Today
Jakarta. Anyone who wants to join the Bali Art Festival Instagram Photo Competition will have to hurry to beat the deadline on Friday (30/06).
"For those who have yet to send their pictures, still have the opportunity. The event is open from June 10 to 30. The committee has coordinated with us that the deadline for photo uploads will be 12 p.m. on June 30," Bali Tourism Agency head A.A. Yuniartha Putra said in a statement on Thursday.
The winner of the competition will receive Rp 7 million ($525) in prize money, with Rp 5 million for the runner-up and Rp 3 million for the second runner-up.
Yuniartha added that the competition is open to all Indonesian citizens, except members of the committee. The photos should be uploaded to Instagram.
"[Participants] should follow and mention @pestakesenianbali2017 with the hashtags #lombafotopkb2017, #PesonaIndonesia, #pkbulundanu2017, or #WonderfulIndonesia," he said.
The photos must be titled and have captions related to the festival. Entrants must also include their names and addresses.
"Moreover, it should be a personal photo and not have been entered in other competitions. They can send more than one photo, without any pornographic or offensive content, and no advanced digital manipulation," Yuniartha added.
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has expressed hope that the competition will go global, as 63 million of Indonesia's population of 250 million are active on the internet, with 95 percent of them having social media accounts.
Indonesia has the fourth most Facebook users in the world after the United States, Brazil and India. At 19.5 million, Indonesia is also the country with the fifth largest number of Twitter users in the world after the United States, Brazil, Japan and Britain.
"The trending one in Indonesia is Instagram with growth reaching 14 million accounts. It is correct to choose Instagram," Arief said.
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