Visit Indonesia Year 2008

Welcome to Indonesia, the most beautiful country in the world.

This is the logo for "Visit Indonesia Year 2008, celebrating 100 years of nation's awakening", introduced by Department of Culture and Tourism in early August 2007.The ideas of this logo are:

1. The Garuda Pancasila (Indonesia's Coat of Arms) is the basic idea for this logo, only in modern shape.
2. Five principles is described by five different line colors which are the represent of heterogenity of Indonesia.
3. The logo will be constructed in a dinamic colors for the representative of Indonesia's dynamic development.
4. Font type was taken from the Indonesia's authentic element in modern shape.

Spend you vacation in our country!

Carolina Beach in Padang

The famous tourist destination in Padang, West Sumatera. A beatifull beach, named Carolina. There are cottages, restorants, theatre state and a wide playing park. Carolina Beach is in Bungus Bay, about 25 kms from Padang. You can reach it by Taxi or Public transportation to Bungus.
You can surf with traditional ship or boat to go to other rock islands near the beach.
Don't miss it!

Merupakan obyek wisata pantai yang dilengkapi dengan fasilitas penginapan, cottage, restoran, panggung kesenian, dan taman bermain yang cukup luas. Terletak di Teluk Bungus, 25 km di selatan Kota Padang, dapat dicapai dengan taxi atau angkot jurusan Bungus. Dari Pantai ini wisatawan juga dapat menyewa motor boat atau perahu nelayan untuk pergi ke pulau-pulau karang yang berada di depannya.

Padang, The Trade Center

Since the 16th century Padang has been a trade centre. During the 16th and 17th centuries pepper was cultivated and traded with India, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In 1663 the city came under the authority of the Dutch. The Dutch built a trading post here in 1680. The city came under British authority twice, the first time from 1781 to 1784 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, and again from 1795 to 1819 during the Napoleonic Wars. Afterwards the city was transferred back to the Netherlands. Up to approximately 1780 the most important trade product was gold, originating from the gold mines in the region. When the mines where exhausted, the emphasis turned to other products such as coffee, salts and textiles. In 1797 Padang was inundated by a tsunami with an estimated flow depth of 5–10 meters, following an earthquake, estimated to be 8.5–8.7 Mw, which occurred off the coast. The shaking caused considerable damage and the deaths of two people, while the tsunami resulted in several houses being washed away and several deaths at the village of Air Manis. The boats moored in the Arau river ended up on dry land, including a 200 ton sailing ship which was deposited about 1 kilometer upstream. In 1833 another tsunami inundated Padang with an estimated flow depth of 3–4 meters as a result of an earthquake, estimated to be 8.6–8.9 Mw, which occurred off Bengkulu. The shaking caused considerable damage in Padang, and due to the tsunami the boats moored in the Arau river broke their anchors and were scattered.[1]

At the time of independence the city had 50,000 or so inhabitants. Coffee was still important, but copra was also a major item produced by farmers in its hinterland. The population growth since then has been partly a result of growth in the area of the city, but largely is a result of the migration to major cities seen in so many developing nations. In 1950 there had also been a development of the Ombilin coal field with Padang as its outlet. This is an indication of the colonization of Indonesia having been economic as well as political.