Banten Provincial Government will make Anyer lighthouse as a tourist icon in the area of Anyer, Carita, as a special attraction to foreign and domestic tourists visiting the area. "We're planning the lighthouse, located in the Village Cikoneng, or at Anyer Beach was designated a tourist icon, because it has a history that can be sold especially to foreign tourists," said Head of Culture and Tourism (Disbudpar) Bantam, Egy Djanuiswati in Serang, Friday (23/04/2010).
We are planning a lighthouse at Anyer Beach was designated a tourist icon.
Related to this, it is now trying to fix Indonesia's second oldest lighthouse, with without altering its original form and is packed with a variety of information relating to the history of the lighthouse itself, as well as other information related to tourism.
According Egy, around the lighthouse will also be packed with displays of art typical of Banten on holidays or special days, such as games or attractions angklung Debus.
Supporting the arts performances, also presented a variety of foods typical of Banten in every hotel and restaurant in the vicinity, in the form of culinary tourism, such as skewers of grilled fish or rice.
Egy said, the discourse makes the lighthouse as a tourist icon and display a variety of traditional entertainment and traditional foods is an effort of the provincial government and other relevant agencies to increase tourist visits to Banten.
Bantam 2010 target can be visited around 27 million tourists, both foreign and domestic. Anyer lighthouse building is located in Mossel Bay Beach, about 38 km from the town of Serang. The present lighthouse building was established in 1885 during King William III, as recorded in an inscription found above the entrance tower.
The lighthouse tower is a replacement building ever before are destroyed in 1883 due to the eruption of Krakatoa. Left the old lighthouse foundation is still visible on the shoreline which consists of brick structures. Lighthouse has a height of 75.5 meters which is divided into 18 floors, each floor there are stairs to get to the next floor.
There are windows on every floor and top floor (18th) there was a beacon to cover half the balls that can rotate 360 degrees. The building is composed of steel plates, right in the middle of the tower there is a cylindrical cavity that extends up above the lighthouse which is used as a way to pull a cable connection from below.
Anyer lighthouse is also known as zero point Anjer-kilometer road heading Panarukan made by order of Governor General Deandels along approximately 1000 km. This road is only done in one year at the expense of thousands of people who pledged BANTEN sweatshop workers.
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