Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy ( Menparekraf ) Mari Elka Pangestu formally opened the exhibition of photographs from the Indonesia Underwater Photography Contest World Level or Indonesia the World Underwater Photo Contest ( IWUPC ) which lasted for four days on 9 to 12 January 2014 in the Moulin Rounge Hall , Grand Indonesia , Jakarta .
In the event announced 27 photos at once set out as winners in the various categories: Best of Show , Basic Compact , Compact Plus Wide , Compact Plus Macro , Wide DSLR , DSLR Macro , and ten Junior Category .
"The work of photography as a creative economic products are very effective for promoting tourism attractions among the best diving Indonesia to the world and showcase our tourism excellence . Was one of our goals this contest title , " said Menparekraf Let the contest winner announcement event IWUPC Thursday .
Let's say through photography contest IWUPC expected dive sites scattered throughout the Indonesian archipelago known international community and attract tourists to come , the impact on improving the welfare of local people .
This is because , said the minister who is also a hobby of diving , Indonesia is a paradise for divers because it has a rich sea is so beautiful .
IWUPC photography contest which was the first organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is an international contest which has a worldwide reputation . Therefore, the government poured huge prizes with a total of 200 thousand U.S. dollars .
" IWUPC a race that wants to elevate the beauty of the underwater world from Indonesia to the paper and the preview screen , and we are very optimistic that this will be able to move throughout the Indonesian diving tourism stakeholders to work together to make Indonesia as the " Divers Heaven One Nation 2020 " , " said Director General of Tourism Development Destibasi Firmansayah Rahim .
The photography contest was held for 11 months from January to December 2013, with the location of the photo that is widest across the waters and underwater Indonesia and involves seven internationally renowned jury that Alex Mustard ( UK ) , Stephen Wong ( Hong Kong ) , Matt Weiss ( USA ) , Burt Jones ( USA ) , David Espinosa ( USA ) , Yoshi Hirata ( Japan ) , and Keri Wilk ( Canada ) .
Recorded until December 2013 , was attended by 403 participants of the contest with the photo number 2625 . The jury then filter and get as many as 186 photos as a nominations and final set , as many as 27 photos designated as winners in the various categories of participants consisted of 18 international and 9 Indonesian participants .
From the title of this contest also contributed dive travelers from various countries .
In addition , as many as 178 Dive operators also participate in this photo contest participants are accompanied with a local dive guide . Participants must include verification of Dive Operators where they do the dives as evidence that the images were taken in the territorial waters of Indonesia .
" So far we do not have the data Dive Operators . Dive Operators Now there are 178 existing in our database . They already meet the standards in all respects . Dive Operators is critical to the success of responsible diving attraction and adequate , " said Mari .
" With its registered them , then we have access to mapping diving spots can be more complete and can be done not only the development but also the marketing and conservation measures , " added Mari .
From the results of this contest , will evaluate once Kemenparekraf dive sites as well as data mapping Dive Operators and the number of tourists who visited Indonesia with first motivation for diving . From these evaluations , the development will be designed and conservation measures .
" So that Indonesia not only a paradise for diving but have imternasional standard in diving , " she said .
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