INDONESIA

Among other countries in the world, Indonesia is well-known for its vast archipelago with unique geography of islands. By looking at the geographic aspect, two third of Indonesia's territory is covered by ocean. With the width of ocean around 5.8 million kilometers square and scattered by more than 17500 islands, Indonesia has incredible potency to enhance maritime industries that play a massive role in supporting maritime transportation. In other word, Indonesia is being positioned as an oceanic country that owns comparative and competitive advantage globally within zone of international economy. Moreover, maritime plays a very significant role for both national and international trade, especially in Indonesia where mostly export and import products carried through marine infrastructure. Therefore the facility and infrastructure availability is the absolute requirements to support the sea trade in Indonesia. The efficiency of the trade flow is one of the keys for the development of Indonesia's domestic trade and export.
Considering the economic potency of Indonesia maritime which is very large and vary, the demands toward products and services on maritime also increase significantly, leading maritime economy to be one of Indonesia's competitive advantages. For instance there are numbers of business prospects of maritime economy that are able to develop and increase the country's wealth. They consist of shipping port and logistic, naval vessel, mining and offshore energy and maritime technology itself.
WHY EXHIBIT IN JAKARTA?

Jakarta is a dynamic capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, a country composed of more than 17,000 islands with a population of over 200 millions. Comprising more than 300 ethnic groups speaking 200 distinct languages and dialects, the Indonesia population exhibits incredible diversity in its linguistic, cultural and religious traditions. As the nation capital, Jakarta is truly a “meeting point” of representatives from through out the archipelago.
Jakarta is the lively social, cultural, economic and political hub of the nation, carrying a legacy of more than 30 years of largely uninterrupted economic expansion. It is home to many of the country's finest research institutions, educational facilities and cultural organizations and uniquely serves both as the seat of national as well as regional government.
Strategically positioned on the west side of the island of Java, the Capital City is the principal gateway to the rest of Indonesia. From Jakarta, many other sophisticated islands, air and sea transport is available to the rest of the country.
Over the last several decades, Jakarta has proudly developed into one of Asia's most prominent metropolitan centers. With a current population of over nine million people, Jakarta has undergone dramatic growth especially over the last few years. |