Indonesia is ranked as the world's No. 6 most beautiful country compiled by the London-based travel guide website Rough Guides, making it the best among Asian countries.
According to the results of voting submitted by Rough Guides readers, Indonesia was famous for myriad of islands and volcanoes that span across its vast territory.
The nation was also rich in cultural heritages from ethnic groups inhabiting thousands of islands in the country.
In the voting process, Indonesia left behind two other Asian countries voted by readers, India and Vietnam, at ranks of 13 and 20 respectively.
Scotland tops the list followed by Canada, New Zealand, Italy and South Africa. A total of 20 countries ranked on the list.
Rough Guides said Indonesia has ethnic, cultural and language diversity that is correspondingly great.
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The tropic nation in equatorial line between Asia and Australia continent has an almost 2 million square km area, filled by over 17,000 islands and inhabited by over 250 million of population who speak over 500 different languages and dialects.
"The largely volcanic nature of the islands has created tall cloud-swept mountains swathed in the green of rice terraces or rain forest, dropping to blindingly bright beaches and vivid blue seas, the backdrop for Southeast Asia's biggest wilderness areas and wildlife sanctuaries," the prominent travel guide website said in a statement.
Thanks to its geographical condition, Indonesia provides an endless resource for adventurous trekking, surfing and scuba diving, the website said.
Indonesia also earned prestigious awards from prominent diving magazines for its diving sites with distinctive features.
I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan"
I give lectures to students in lectures nationwide, sharing on full range of issues, from economy, to diplomacy
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