The Indigenous people of Urat village in Lake Toba have been left out of rural tourism development
In 2017, Indonesia announced an ambitious plan to attract 20 million international tourists by 2019 by developing ten new tourist destinations, dubbing them “the 10 New Balis”. One of the destinations is the scenic Urat village, a small village in the middle of Samosir Island in Lake Toba, North Sumatra. To get there, one must … Read more