10 eco-friendly hotels in Indonesia

Eco-friendly hotel or also known as green hotel seems to have become a popular on hotels in Indonesia. This was shown by the vigorous campaign to promote tourist hotels with eco-friendly qualifications.

Appropriate eco-friendly lifestyle is no longer just a trend, but has become a necessity to bequeath a healthy planet to the next generation. For that we need a real awareness for visitors and tourists in choosing an environmentally friendly hotel or a green hotel.

Hotels are categorized as green hotel still needs to be developed further, especially if the hotel is built from existing buildings or an old buildings, so of course will find it hard to make

their hotel in accordance with hotel standards green buildings.

Regardless of how a tourist in choosing a hotel, especially if they want to go to a green hotel standards? Of course there are a variety of considerations, such as reasons for the location and price becomes the main reason when choosing a hotel.

An article on the travelKompas site, June 2012, wrote a description of the category of green hotels, hotels in Indonesia that have not been fully certified as a green hotel, but at least begin to implement environmentally friendly concepts.

10 hotel in Indonesia is getting ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2012 as follows:

1. Matahari Beach Resort & Spa, Bali
2. Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali
3. Holiday Inn Resort, Batam
4. Angsana, Bintan
5. Melia Benoa, Bali
6. Losari Spa Retreat & Coffee Plantation, Magelang
7. St. Regis Bali Resort
8. Melia Bali Villa & Spa Resort
9. Dharmawangsa Hotel, Jakarta
10. Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta

At the very least consideration to choose a hotel with the requirements of green hotel can be one of the criteria. For sure!

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(Various sources travelKompas /Images Angsana Bintan, Dharmawangsa Hotel)