Jakarta - This year, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the World Tourism Organization under the auspices of the UN, held a world-class tourism promotional video competition called the UNWTO Award-Tourism Video Competition. This video competition aims to give awards to countries that have the most popular tourism promotional videos. In addition, this competition is held as an effort to welcome the 22nd UNWTO General Assembly event which will be held in Chengdu, China this September.
In organizing this event, Indonesia was chosen as one of the countries that will compete with other countries through a tourism promotion video entitled The Journey to a Wonderful Indonesia. The tourism video produced by the Ministry of Tourism is included in the People's Choice Awards category and will compete closely with 63 other countries' tourism promotion videos.
As the title suggests, The Journey to a Wonderful Indonesia, this Indonesian tourism promotional video showcases the beauty of various Indonesian tourist destinations such as Yogyakarta, Bali, Jakarta, Lombok, and Toraja. Several video clips that showcase Indonesia's characteristics such as the batik making process, Balinese dance performances, and attractively packaged Indonesian natural scenery are deliberately shown at the beginning of the video. In addition, the charm of the natural beauty and the activities of villagers who are singing and dancing in Sawingrai Village, Raja Ampat, and the beauty of Toraja traditional houses are also shown in the video.
Considering that the voting process has been opened since the end of August and will end on September 11, 2017, this time of less than a week is really utilized by the Ministry of Tourism to do the promotion as much as possible. Therefore, the Minister of Tourism (Menpar) Arief Yahya continues to invite all Indonesian citizens to unite in supporting and giving their votes through the link indonesia.travel/vote4id.
"Let's use this less than a week as much as possible to continue voting for Indonesian tourism promotion videos. The voting process is very simple, because it only takes less than five minutes," said Tourism Minister Arief Yahya, Monday (04/09).
To vote, voters are required to fill in the name column, email, and select the video column for the country Indonesia – Wonderful Indonesia: The Journey to a Wonderful Indonesia as their favorite video. After filling in the data, voters only need to collect (submit). Afterwards, voters will receive a notification regarding their participation in the competition.
The Minister of Tourism further explained that the inclusion of Indonesian tourism promotional videos in the UNWTO video competition is proof that Indonesian tourism is increasingly known in the eyes of the world. The support of the Indonesian people to win Indonesian promotional videos is very important to increase Indonesia's level of confidence in the eyes of the world. "Let's help promote Indonesian tourism by voting for Wonderful Indonesia at this year's UNWTO event. Let's make it a success and win the competition!" concluded the Minister of Tourism. (Bureau of Law and Public Communication, Ministry of Tourism and Government Communication Team, Ministry of Communication and Informatics)