TOUR DE SINGKARAK 2011

A total of 225 riders from outside and within the country will be racing in the Tour de Singkarak (TDS) 2011, which will be held June 6-12, 2011. Head of Culture and Tourism (Disbudpar) West Sumatra, Padang Burhasman Bur on Friday, say, 225 riders were part of the 15 teams from abroad and 10 teams from Indonesia.  He said for foreign teams who have confirmed participated in this third TDS namely, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei, Philippines, and Iran. As for the team in the country comes from the team Araya Indonesia, Customs Cycling Club, Polygon Sweet Nice, Son Struggle, Tirta Cycling Team, the BBC Pessel, United Bike Kencana, Jakarta Nugens ISSI, ISSI Pengprov Sumatra, President Prima and Prima Muda Indonesia.

Furthermore Burhasman said, compared with the implementation of the TDS 2009 and 2010, TDS 2011 in addition to more participants also route is also much that is 760.3 kilometers long. In addition, he said, it's TDS 2011 through 12 of 19 districts / cities in West Sumatra. He said of the 12 regions are the five areas are the districts, District of Padang Pariaman, Agam regency, regency of Solok, Tanah Datar District, and District 50 City. As for the seven who passed the city of Padang, Pariaman City, City of Bukittinggi, Sawahlunto, Solok City, Town Payokumbuh, and Padang Panjang.

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TOUR DE SINGKARAK 2010

Twice held, Tour de Singkarak in the realm of Minangkabau, West Sumatra, apparently attracted the attention of Amaury Sport Organization, or ASO. General Manager of ASO Baptiste Kern, Thursday (28/10/2010), met the Minister of Culture and Tourism, represented by the Director of the Directorate General of Marketing Promotion Facility Esthy Reko Astuti, to explore cooperation. In fact, Baptiste also visited a route that bypassed the bike rider in the Tour de Singkarak the event. ASO Tour de Singkarak aiming to encourage the acceleration of the Tour de Singkarak 2011 campaign to become a much bigger performance in the eyes of the world. "Later, in stages, Tour de Singkarak will be able to be aligned and of the Tour de France," said Baptiste Kern. During this time, the ASO assessed successfully brought the Tour de France, Paris-Dakar Rally, and Paris Marathun, as an international sport that can attract many tourists to visit the host country.

According to Kern, the Tour de Singkarak hoped would become a major bicycle match international scale to promote culture and destinations are rich with natural beauty in the context of development and achievement of targets of Indonesian tourism. Esthy Reko Astuti said, exploratory ASO will be followed up immediately in a memorandum of understanding (MoU). ASO's desire to raise the annual Tour de Singkarak performance in line with the wishes of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of RI, even the West Sumatra provincial government, who want a tourism industry once the economy rose to awaken the people. "In fact it is also the Executive Board of the ISSI desire to encourage and further promote cycling in Indonesia, while lifting the tourism and the image of Indonesia in the world," he said.

Esthy explained, the Tour de Singkarak should proceed further to make more than just world-class sporting performances, but as a means to support sport tourism that can increase tourist arrivals and tourist archipelago and expand the development of tourism in other Indonesian destinations. Working together with the ASO, said Director General of Marketing Promotion Facility Ministry of Culture and Tourism was, considered to be very strategic considering the ASO has a long list of successful performances in supporting world-class sport. Hopefully, we can maximally utilize its expertise to support the achievement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of raising the Tour de Singkarak as a sports tourism. It has also become an effort to promote a destination that is rich in art, culture, and so forth.

Sondi of PB ISSI said, the Tour de Singkarak not chase the target number of participating countries, but what about performance racing bikes are known the world for its quality. Participants natural admiration of West Sumatra along the route impassable. "Curved 44 for participants of the Tour de Singkarak very unique and challenging.'s Just the problem, inadequate lodging. The government of West Sumatra Province need to prepare a hotel that allows participants to stay in comfort," he said. According Sondi, there may be additional routes on the Tour de Singkarak 2011 to Lintau, Tanahdatar District. This will be discussed further. ASO also will concentrate on professional cycling teams invited to participate in the famous Tour de Singkarak 2011. As an international scale performance, the Tour de Singkarak expected to bring the mission of marketing a tourist area of Indonesia in the eyes of the world.

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TOUR DE SINGKARAK II

Success of the Tour de Singkarak I, then by 2010 it will be held again Tour de Singkarak II with various improvements here and there. Iven is also intended as a recovery of tourism that had devastated Sumatra after the devastating earthquake last September 2009, prepared better. Improvements made in the Tour de Singkarak this is the addition of Stage II and greater prize. If the Tour de Singkarak first 2009 and then followed by 15 countries with the distance 458 km is divided into five stages, lasted for seven days with a total prize of USD 600 million. While in 2010 increased to 700-750 km, divided into seven stages with a total prize of USD 750 million. In terms of number of participants in 2010 Tour de Singkarak targeted to be followed by at least 25 countries including Iran, Spain, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Germany, and Kuwait. Meanwhile, host Indonesia will lose at least 10 best team to join the fight.

Unlike the event the Tour de Singkarak I-2009 the overall cost of implementation is borne by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the championship cycling team the second time the budget is also strengthened by the provincial budget and the city / county, whose land is traversed by the participants. This because each area is included in the route has a significant role in introducing the region. There are 8 districts and cities including the Tour de Singkarak this route, and the entire head area and are ready to equate iven the success of this vision. Scenario, will each region through which will prepare a variety of cultural arts that are specifically presented to the entire contingent. Including culinary tourism and resort facilities are rich with nuance Minangkabau

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TOUR DE SINGKARAK 2010

If talking bike racing team, event Tour de France is phenomenal yet unmatched in the world. Iven seemed to be a mecca of the implementation of bicycle racing team full of prestige. Inspired by the popularity of the Tour de France, Indonesia has also been conducting similar iven. In the 90s we know the Tour de Java become so so popular that the world is taken into account by the driver at the time as to be followed. After some time organizing, Tour de Java echo recede until ahirnya vacuum at all. This opportunity is exploited by neighboring countries with packing iven Malaysia Tour de Langkawi, which is described as a bicycle racing team iven quite prestigious because it combined with tourism.

In 2009, Indonesia again meyelenggarakan activity level of the world's Cycling Team, called the Tour de Singkarak. Iven whose name is inspired by the name of a volcanic lake in the heart of tourism eksostis West Sumatra dibidani by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Republic of Indonesia. We should be holding thumbs for this tourism marketing creative ideas that combines elements of sports and tourism. Tour de Singkarak who carried on the main route of West Sumatra Tourism is based on the idea to introduce more of West Sumatra tourism to the international level. As known West Sumatra is one major tourist destination in Indonesia after Bali. Tour de Singkarak I fully financed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is a success in terms of peyelenggaraan and has been included in the annual calendar Organization of World Cycling (UCI), so that the organization of the Tour de Singkarak II in 2010 has been included in the agenda of the cyclist of the world. From the tourism side Tout de Singkarak also seen great impact in introducing tourism West Sumatra, for a variety of praise and admiration burst from the parties involved iven that essentially said this should be continued.

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