Department of Culture and Tourism
Another main focus of PERINMA's activities is promoting Indonesia’s culture and tourism. Culture and tourism play essential roles in introducing Indonesia. PERINMA's cultural and tourism programs are expected to support government programs to introduce Indonesia to the European community, and obviously have the potential to bring foreign exchange income to Indonesia.
Tri Ambar Indriasti-Hafner
Head of Department of Culture and Tourism
Tri Ambar Indriasti-Hafner, or usually called Ambar, has lived in Potsdam, Germany since 1998. This mother of three is a graduate of the Department of Tourism, Faculty of Literature, Universitas Gajah Mada class of '95.
Ambar began her career as a Project Leader at Deutsche Industrie und Handelstag in 1999. Then in 2006, she moved to work at BBAG Berlin-Brandenburg, which is engaged in language courses and mentoring for foreigners in Germany. Currently she works at TK Maxx Potsdam.
This Javanese woman has long loved Indonesian culture, especially batik culture. She even wears batik clothes to work and her daily activities in Germany, because of her love for batik and also as an effort to promote batik.
Her love for batik also makes her active in caring for small and medium batik entrepreneurs in the Central Java area. Ambar often promotes batik to support the economy of MSME batik craftsmen with the hope that batik craft producers will not only be able to consistently maintain and produce batik, as part of Indonesian heritage, but also be able to compete and penetrate the market in Europe, especially in Germany.
Ambar is also actively involved as a resource person related to Indonesian culture, especially batik. For example, she was once a speaker at a cultural exchange event at a university in Germany, where Ambar elaborated passionately about Indonesian culture related to batik, related to its history, various types, and use of batik.