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Lake Toba, North Sumatra – Indonesia, is an extraordinary natural wonder of the world. This is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the deepest lakes in the world.

Samosir island is located right in the heart of Lake Toba with a beautiful panoramic view of this magnificent blue lake- it is a volcanic island with a traditional village protected by surrounding barriers of earthen ramparts with bamboo fencing and trees.

The village also dwells in many unique and authentic traditional houses, especially from Tomok, consisting of massive wooden houses with striking saddle-shaped thatch roofs made of sugar palm fiber (called ijuk). This spectacular enormous crater lake consists of an island almost the size of Singapore in its centre. At over 1,145 square km and a depth of 450 meters, Lake Toba is more like an ocean.

This traditional dance is usually performed in celebrations such as harvest time or a wedding ceremony. And used in a ritual to invoke the spirit and ‘walk’ them into the stone statues erected as a symbol of the ancestors. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated a great collaboration with BBTF supporting this annual event in Bali to bring industry players and media to explore this destination.

All government ministries share collaborative efforts to promote this fantastic place to ensure the readiness of destinations to open for tourists.

The native population, called the Batak tribe, is widely known for its festive culture.

“We will hold an F1 water race, with a boat speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour, and this will be a great attraction for Lake Toba as a super-priority destination.”
To showcase the potential of Lake Toba as an international quality and sustainable destination, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, Sandiaga Uno, also highlights the infrastructure at Lake Toba.

Lake Toba is an extraordinary experience, and the economic impact would be felt not only by the communities but also by the entire tourism and creative economy ecosystem. Uno noted that it is now being prepared to host the sensational Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship (F1H2O) in February 2023.

“As Indonesia’s leading trade fair, BBTF is the best platform to promote the destination – BBTF is proud to also include Lake Toba as one of the priority destination to show case its potential and capabilities to host such event – buyers all over the world that come to BBTF will be able to learn more about the destination and also build a strong partnership for this such annual event – that is why BBTF plays an important rules to connect business to business”. The head of the committee BBTF 2023, I Putu Winastra, stated.