Underwater archaeologist Banten Tourism Potential
Posted in category: Indonesian Tourism, Travel at: August 19, 2010 by Info Tourism
Archaeology underwater tour in Banten province has not been taken up. In fact, Banten Province has tourism potential underwater archaeologist who is potential enough to remember the Sunda Strait since colonial times was once a trade route various countries in Europe and Asia.
“When that many merchant ships carrying valuable items are not up to his country, within the meaning of words drowned amid the trip,” said Head of Tourism and Culture in Banten province Egy Djanuswati seminars on underwater archaeological heritage in Serang, Tuesday (27 / 2007).
There are a number of relics were looted treasure hunters from abroad as Indonesia is still limited in terms of funding, technology, and issues of risk to take the relics from under the sea, said Egy.
Egy quoted the Director of Underwater Heritage Directorate History and Antiquities Ministry of Culture and Tourism Surya Helmi which only has 463 data locations shipwreck in Indonesian waters, while the number of foreign literature in the 30 000 locations.
Egy said, data from the government also has not been able to hold still to be done further research to determine point location.
He adds that many of the location of the sinking of the ship was now nothing of value, only the framework (carrion), even if the vessel had appointed no economic value.
“But this wreck of a tourism activity that appeals to the diver so that a sufficient selling power potential for the tourism sector going forward,” he said.
Egy said, to prevent the theft of historical relics under the sea was very difficult, it is necessary to coordinate with the Police and TNI-AL to protect the wealth under the sea.
“The key to the community eventually die, if discovered historical relics should be reported to the government. Especially in the current regulation is possible if the right of each report will get rewarded,” he said.
Egy said, his belief there are still precious relics beneath the sea in the area of Banten province who have not worked on the government, at least at three locations namely in the Sunda Strait, Thousand Islands, and the Bay of Banten.
“The proof of this recently discovered pottery heritage in Tangerang that the selling price abroad is high enough,” he said.
Egy said, as the first step to save the rich historical heritage in the Bantam through socialization in advance with the parties, to then going forward there must be follow-up to save him.
Director of Underwater Heritage Directorate General History and Antiquities Ministry of Culture and Tourism Surya Helmi says, to save the relics of history beneath the sea it often find it difficult to equipment.
He pointed out, never at a location found wealth but can not be taken because there are surrounding the following cannon ammunition that is still active.
Rescue efforts and then postponed because it had to ask for assistance to the Navy that has the experience to tame these weapons, but while diving the next day the goods are gone, said Surya explains liked her grief