bali arts festival 2017 holds instagram competition
The Ministry of Tourism has organized an Instagram photo competition for the 2017 Bali Arts Festival next month. Contestants will be required to post photos taken during the festival using the hashtags #PestaKesenianBali2017 and #PKB2017.
According to the Tourism Ministry’s marketing development deputy Esthy Reko Astuti, the competition will begin when the festival kicks off on June 10 and ends on July 8.
Photos uploaded on Instagram using the unique hashtags will then be selected by a team of professional judges.
The ministry considers tech-savvy Indonesians as a major asset in promoting tourism in the country.
According to a Tourism Ministry statement, 63 million Indonesians are connected to the internet, with 95 percent of them avid social media users. Indonesia has the fourth largest Facebook users in the world after the United States, Brazil and India.