Lake Poso Festival at August 2009

Lake Poso Festival will be held again in Tetena, Kabupaten Poso, Central Sulawesi, in the upcoming August 8-11. Organizing the festival is in addition to promoting culture and tourism potential areas of Central Sulawesi, as well as to prove to people in and outside the country that the security factor in Kabupaten Poso is back, so conducive to safe and comfortable visit.

"The Lake Poso Festival 2009 is also manifestationi as the government and the community in order to take back the image of culture and tourism down that had caused the crisis and the prolonged conflict in Poso some time ago," said Minister of Culture and Tourism (Menbudpar) Jero Wacik in the press meet Sapta Pesona building in Jakarta, Tuesday (28 / 7).

According to the committee organizers, the Festival Danau Poso has become a major tourism event in the calendar of this region serve as the place to promote the potential of tourism and culture to the general public both in and outside the country, giving the trust for foreign tourists to travel to Central Sulawesi.

Development of tourism potential in the area of Indonesia and East need to be more spur increased development and tourism development by providing facilities and prasana adequate.

In addition, to become a product of tourism in Central Sulawesi will need to be improved with more support from all parties, both government, business tourism, and the community to participate actively in supporting the activities of tourism areas.

Current crisis and the prolonged conflict in Poso District several years ago has brought the impact on all sectors of community life. Tourism sector is not excluded that the marked decrease of the number of visitors and foreign tourists to the archipelago area.

Poso conflict also caused tourism activities such as Festival Danau Poso become dormant and can be re-established in the last two years in succession.