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News channel or source: https://eng.belta.by/partner_news/view/indonesia-pushes-west-sumatra-as-gastronomic-halal-travel-hotspot-172194-2025/
Published on: Monday 06 October 2025
JAKARTA, 6 October (BelTA - ANTARA) - The Ministry of Tourism is promoting West Sumatra’s rich gastronomic and Muslim-friendly tourism to participants of familiarization trips (famtrips). "Through ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Tourism: Indonesia's halal tourism bid faces pig pushback
News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/indonesias-halal-tourism-bid-faces-pig-pushback-2024081416562838502
Published on: Wednesday 14 August 2024
Indonesia's bid to lure more visitors by spreading halal tourism across the archipelago is facing a backlash, with a Christian celebration of pigs -- forbidden for Muslims -- the latest act of dissent ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Tourism: Indonesia’s Integrated Tourism Improving Livelihoods for Thousands in Lake Toba and Lombok
News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/03/19/indonesia-integrated-tourism-improving-livelihoods-for-thousands-in-lake-toba-and-lombok
Published on: Monday 17 March 2025
Imagine trekking through savannah fields and sandy terrain to the peak of the second-highest volcano in Indonesia, Mount Rinjani in Lombok. Or picture waking up to the serene beauty of Lake Toba, ...