Project Location Toba

Priority Tourism Destinations

Lake Toba is a destination largely for local tourism, which has suffered from declining appeal. Lake Toba is a holiday destination since the 1970s, and the rich natural beauty of the lake is considered by the travel trade as a world class attraction. Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in the world and the center of Indonesia’s Batak culture. Within this destination there are three areas for tourism development. First, Parapat (Kecamatan Girsang Sipangan Bolon in Kabupaten Simalungun) is the main gateway to Samosir Island in the lake and offers the highest number of star rated hotels and the most developed tourism infrastructure. Second, Samosir Island within the lake (especially Kecamatan Simanindo and Kecamatan Pangururan in Kabupaten Samosir) has several natural and cultural tourism attractions and third, Kecamatan Balige (in Kabupaten Toba Samosir) on the southern shore, which offers some interesting Batak architecture and is the closest lake-side village to Silangit Airport.

The overall delineation for tourism development of the Lake Toba Destination consist of :