Menko Maritim Rizal Ramli Luncurkan 2016 Sail Karimata Strait
Sail Karimata 2016 Launched by Indonesian Senior Minister
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Koordinator Maritim Rizal Ramli meresmikan 2016 Sail Karimata yang akan berlangsung di empat provinsi, yang bertujuan menampilkan potensi ekonomi dan pariwisata di empat provinsi di Sumatera dan Kalimantan yakni Kalimantan Barat, Jambi, Bangka Belitung, dan Kepulauan Riau.
"Kegiatan festival bahari ini dapat mendukung percepatan pembangunan infrastruktur di wilayah sekitar Selat Karimata," kata Menko Rizal Ramli di Jakarta pada Rabu.
Selat Karimata Sail merupakan festival bahari kedelapan sejak diluncurkannya Sail Indonesia yang diselenggarakan pada 2009.
Kegiatan utamanya antara lain seminar nasional tentang kemaritiman di Jambi pada 25 Agustus 2016, Festival Belitung pada 22 Oktober, dan Festival Maritim Riau Kepulauan pada 28 Oktober.
Rangkaian dari kegiatan Selat Karimata Sail yang akan dimulai sejak 1 Juni 2016, sementara puncak kegiatan akan digelar di Kabupaten Kayong Utara, Kalimantan Barat pada 25 Agustus 2016.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian senior minister Rizal Ramli launched the international maritime event of 2016 Sail Karimata Strait will be held in four provinces located on Kalimantan and Sumatra Island: West Kalimantan, Jambi, Bangka Belitung and Riau Islands.
"We expect this event would contribute to infrastructure development in the regions," Minister Ramli said here on Wednesday.
The Sail Karimata Strait will be held for the eighth time since Sail Indonesia was first organized in 2009.
The main activities of the sailing event will include a national seminar on maritime affairs to be organized in Jambi on August 25, 2016; Belitung Festival on October 22; and Riau Islands Maritime Festival on October 28.
A series of activities to welcome the Sail Karimata Strait, however, will begin on June 1, while the peak event will be held in North Kayong District, West Kalimantan, on October 15.
