Sabtu , 22 July 2017, 07:34 WIB
Minister
establishes Jember District as carnival city
Red: Reiny Dwinanda
Antara
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Tourism Minister Arief
Yahya has established Jember District, East Java Province as a carnival city in
line with the 16th annual event of Jember Fashion Carnival (JFC).
"Everyone
recognizes the world-class JFC and to make it happen the Ministry of Tourism
establishes Jember as the carnival city," the minister said in a statement
received by Antara here on Friday.
He said the 16th JFC 2017 under a theme of
"Victory Unity in Diversity" has inspired many carnivals across the
country.
"The
establishment as the carnival city is aimed at supporting Jember goes international.
If we want JFC to compete in global arena then Jember should be set to be a
world-class carnival city," he said.
According to the minister, JFC creativity can bring in
foreign tourists. "By
making Jember a world-class carnival city, we can increase its commercial and
financial values," he said.
The JFC has become a source of inspiration for
designers to elevate traditional clothing that won a number of international
awards such as Balinese costume that won the best national costume mister
international in 2010.
In addition, Toraja Karembau costume earned the best
national costume man huni international in 2011 in South Korea, Papuan costume
achieved the best national costume mister universe model in Dominica Republic,
and Kalimantan fashion won the best national costume miss supranational in 2014
in Poland.
Meanwhile, Lampung costume won the best national
costume miss international 2014 in Japan and the best national costume miss
grand international 2016 in the United States, and Toraja Tongkonan fashion won
the best national costume miss supranational 2015 in Poland.
The other costumes are Borobudor fashion that won the
best national costume of Miss Universe 2015 in Florida, USA, Betawi fashion
reached the best national costume of miss international tourism 2016 in
Malaysia, and Garuda costume was included in top five national costume miss
universe 2016 in the Philippine.
"The
portfolio of Indonesia's tourism business comes from a cultural attraction of
60 percent, nature 35 percent and human-made attraction of 5 percent. All are
developed in MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) tourism
products," Minister Arief said.
Meanwhile, JFC President Dynand Fariz said JFC 2017 to
be held on August 9-13, 2017 in Jember District feature exhibition, carnival,
conference, and concert.
"The
Victory theme in the 16th JFC describes Indonesia's victory in various world
competitions," he said, adding that the theme of "Victory"
illustrates the success of Indonesia that is able to unify the differences in
the framework of a sovereign state.
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