Yachters From All Over the World Come to Maumere
Jakarta. Fifty-eight international yachts participating in the 2017 Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia arrived in Maumere, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, on Thursday (24/08).
"After Wakatobi, the rally participants sailed to Maumere and will stay here for three days, before they explore other beautiful islands of Indonesia," the yacht rally organizer Raymond Lesmana said.
Participants, including 150 foreign yachters from Australia, New Zaeland, Canada, the United States, Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italia, Spain and France, were welcomed by the Maumere government with a gala dinner at the Seaworld Club Resort on Waiara Beach.
On Saturday, 12 more yachts are expected to reach Maumere.
Sikka district head Yoseph Ansar Rera said the yacht rally will help in promoting East Nusa Tenggara as an international tourist destination.
From Maumere, the yachters will sail to Maurole in Ende, also East Nusa Tenggara, on Aug. 27, before departing to Riung on Sept. 1. They are scheduled to arrive in Labuan Bajo on Sept. 4.
The finish point of this year's rally is in Tanjung Pinang in Riau Islands, which the participants should reach on Oct. 20.
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