Do you ever join a train travel from north to south Vietnam? From Hanoi to Hue in central Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in southern Vietnam? The trip was not just relying on the beautiful natural scenery and colorful ethnic cultures scattered along the way, but nicely styled interior style train old days with a dish of bitter tea menu and classic Chinese-style porridge.
Never ride the steam train at the Railway Museum Ambarawa, Central Java? With bergerbong antique wooden railway, the passenger flashed past as if taken through the swamps and simple settlements on both sides of the tracks. Sunday (20/11), Department of Tourism and Culture (Disparbud) Jakarta in cooperation with PT Railway Indonesia (KAI) held a Festival of Railway.
One of the show, take a train tour of Gambir Station, Central Jakarta, to the Station Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta (Jakut). Train travel is titled coastal tourism. Deputy Governor of Jakarta Field of Culture and Tourism Sukesti Martono said rail-based city tours can be enjoyed by tourists and foreign tourists without causing traffic jams in Jakarta.
Sukesti added, in December 2011, PT KAI will launch a circular path or loopline. The line will be used as a rail-based tourism. “The governor has asked Disparbud Jakarta, PT KAI, travel agency, and the hotel to review the simulation of this tourist train,” said Sukesti.
Head of Jakarta Disparbud Arie Budhiman added, “The festival aims to promote one point of the 12 point line coastal tourism destinations that have been proclaimed by the Mayor of North Jakarta, ie Building Heritage Railway Station Tanjung Priok.”
Eight trains travel carriage rolled from Gambir Station to Station Tanjung Priok. Train Station passing Gondangdia, Cikini, Manggarai, Jatinegara, Senen Market, Kemayoran, Eagles, and Ancol before arriving at Tanjung Priok Station. According to Arie, simulations of this tourist train already has the support of PT KAI and 80 travel agencies and 20 tourist hotels in Jakarta. “These will be the main actors who travel this rail,” he said.