Tourism Indonesia - Komodo Island East Nusa Tenggara

Tourism Indonesia - Komodo Island East Nusa Tenggara Komodo National Park Komodo Island is located in Nusa Tenggara islands. The island is included in the Komodo National Park along the island of Rinca, Padar Island, Mota and many other smaller islands. Administratively, the island is located in the District of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, and directly adjacent to the West Nusa Tenggara province. This island is the habitat for native animals dragons, giant carnivorous lizard. On the island there are more than 2,000 Komodo dragons live in the wild. You can see the Komodo dragon is chasing prey in many locations in this place. It's important to shop around together a guide for safety reasons for being here. In 1986, UNESCO set Komodo Island and other islands in the Komodo National Park as a world heritage site because of the existence of dragons that can only be found in this region. The habitat of the endangered animals are outdoors with grassland, white sandy beaches and tropical rainforests. Komodo Island won the award for the New Seven Wonders of Nature is a tribute to the seven best natural attractions in the world. Determining the winner is obtained from the results of voting and research experts, Komodo Island won the highest vote along with six other tourist attractions are the Iguazu Falls, the Amazon Rainforest, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Halong Bay, Jeju Island and Table Mountain. Komodo reptile itself is a kind of giant carnivorous lizards that...

Diving di Pulau Pawole, Halmahera Utara

(10-05-2015)2 hal yang sangat ingin aku lakukan sebelum pindah dari Tobelo, adalah diving dan naik gunung Dukono.***Sudah hampir 4 tahun mengabdi di Bumi Hibualamo, mungkin sudah mendekati penghujung masa kerja di sini. Entahlah… biasanya di instansi tempatku bekerja akan me-mutasi-kan staf pegawainya yang sudah bekerja di suatu daerah minimal 4 tahun.Alhamdulillah, kedua hal tersebut sudah kesampaian, setidaknya dalam kurun waktudua bulan di semester pertama tahun 2015, dan sekarang aku akan bercerita tentang salah satunya, yaitu diving pertamaku di Halmahera Utara.Sekitar awal tahun 2015, muncul keinginan untuk diving di seputaran Tobelo, Halmahera Utara. Akupun mencoba mencari infomrasi dari internet, dan menemukan salah satu situs wisata yang juga menyediakan jasa untuk diving. Akupun mencoba menghubungi kontak yang tersedia di website tersebut dan membuat appointment. Namun, beberapa kali gagal diving karena cuaca buruk serta kesibukanku sebagai perantau di Bumi Hibualamo ini. Hingga akhirnya secara tidak sengaja suatu sore pada awal Mei 2015 di Tanjung Pilawang, bertemu dengan om Yus, guide diving yang pernah aku hubungi tadi, dan membuat janji untuk diving besoknya. Ternyata om Yus sudah bisa menebak kalo aku yang selama ini menghubunginya lewat email.Besoknya…Peserta diving-nya ada 5 orang. Aku, Ivan, Iksan, Dea, dan Danar. Awalnya katanya lebih dari 5 orang, tapi beberapa  peserta yang lain batal diving. Teman-teman baruku ini adalah perantau juga, kecuali Koh Ivan,...

History of Tourism

The earliestforms of leisure tourism can be traced as far back as the Babylonian andEgyptian empires. A museum of “historic antiquities” was open to the public inthe sixth century BC in Babylon, while the Egyptians held many religiousfestivals attracting not only the devout, but many who came to see the famousbuildings and works of art in the cities. The local towns accommodated touristsby providing services such as: vendors of food and drink, guides, hawkers ofsouvenirs, touts and prostitutes. From around thesame date, Greek tourists travelled to visit the sites of healing gods. Becausethe independent city-states of ancient Greece had no central authority to orderthe construction of roads, most of these tourists travelled by water, henceseaports prospered. The lands of theMediterranean Sea produced a remarkable evolution in travel. People travel fortrade, commerce, religious purposes, festivals, medical treatment, or educationdeveloped at an early date. Guidebooks becameavailable as early as the fourth century BC, covering a vast area ofdestinations, i.e. Athens, Sparta and Troy. Pausanias, a Greek travel writer,produced a noted “description of Greece” between AD 160 and 180, which, in itscritical evaluation of facilities and destinations, acted as a model for laterwriters. Advertisements, in the form of signs directing visitors to waysideinns, are also known from this period. However, under Romans rule is whereinternational travel became first important. With...

Contributions of Entrepreneurship in Society

Entrepreneurs have much to give to society. Their contributionto the welfare of society is of high order. A business person apart from makingmoney for him or herself also helps the society in many ways financially andsocially.Financially, of course the respective country benefits by thebusiness carried out by entrepreneurs. At the same time many of the welfareactivities of the businessman improve the living conditions of the people ofthat particular society.How does an entrepreneur help the society?Donations – A business person donates a lot of money for charitypurposes. From his or her earnings, he or she would like to help thedowntrodden and try to improve their living conditions.Charitable institutions – A businessman or woman sets up various educational, medicaland vocational training institutions to provide the less privileged withbenefits which they normally cannot afford. The fees may be less or waived in thecase of a meritorious student. Hospitals are also run by these charitableinstitutions.Sponsorship – Many business people sponsor a candidate for higher educationor fund a child in an orphanage. In fact, many orphanages are backed by thesebusiness people. Scholarships are provided to a poor student for him or her toavail of better educational opportunities.Welfare programs – A businessman or woman financially contributes to variouswelfare programs, like helping the blind, orphans, widow etc. In times ofcrisis, they help by donating items such as blankets, clothes, medicines...

Break Even Analysis

                                                                                                If you can accurately forecast yourcosts and sales, conducting a break even analysis is a matter of simple math. A company has broken even when its total sales or revenues equal its totalexpenses. At the break even point, no profit has been made, nor have any lossesbeen incurred. This calculation is critical for any business owner, because the break even point is the lower limit of profit when determining margins. Defining Costs: - There are several types of costs toconsider when conducting a break even analysis, so here’s a refresher on themost relevant. ·        Fixedcosts: These are coststhat are the same regardless of how many items you sell. All start-up costs,such as rent, insurance and computers, are considered fixed costs since youhave to make these outlays before you sell your first item. ·        Variablecosts: These arerecurring costs that you absorb with each unit you sell. For example, if youwere operating a greeting card store where you had to buy greeting cards from astationary company for $1 each,...