Lake Toba lures visitors

Lake Toba lures visitors

JAKARTA (JP): Ajibata shore of Lake Toba, North Sumatra, will
be promoted as a major tourist attraction in the province in a
three-month cultural and sports festival, the Lake Toba Samosir
Island Care Foundation said.

The Ajibata tourism extravaganza will be opened by North
Sumatra Governor Tengku Rizal Nurdin on Oct. 27, foundation
chairman Tonggam Gultom said on Tuesday.

The shore, formerly covered with coarse brush and shrubs, has
been cleared to reveal its beautiful sands, he said.

Recreational sport competitions will also be held, including
for speedboats, jet ski, canoe, kayak and a 500 meter run.

He added that the festival would also feature local
traditional dances and music.

The executive director of the foundation, Johnson Harianja,
said the foundation was organizing a cultural night of North
Sumatran dances and music to be performed on Oct. 16 at the Grand
Melia Hotel in Jakarta to promote the festival.

"We will recruit actors and actresses as well as singers from
North Sumatra to join the tourist promotional campaign as their
contribution to the development of their home province," Harianja
added. (02)