State-run airpot operator PT Pelindo III president director Djarwo Surjanto said the marine development on Boom Beach, Banyuwangi, East Java would require an estimated fund of Rp200 billion. The company is cooperating with Fremantle Sailing Club (FSC), the largest cruiser club in Australia, to work on the project.
Djarwo said Marina Banyuwangi would be integrated with the marine development in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara and Benoa, Bali.
The development is part of Pelindo III’s effort to expand its business besides loading and unloading services.
Architect Ahmad Djuhara is also known to have joined in the development, and that the project is presently still in the phase of feasibility study. Boom Beach will be divided into several zones, such as hotels, restaurants, water sports, public spaces and museums. The project is targeted to kick off in one year. “The development concept is still environmentally-friendly, local wisdom and view optimization,” said Ahmad.
Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas said he was supportive of the project and pledged to ease the permit processing for Pelindo III. “We will accelerate tourism development in Banyuwangi,” said Anas.
According to the Tourism Ministry’s data, some nine million foreign tourists visited Indonesia in 2014—one million of them marine were marine tourists, which accounted for 35 percent of the tourism industry’s US$10 billion worth of foreign exchange.
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