National Geographic Traveler Magazine Launched in Indonesia

Medianewsline.com, Max Digital Media Newswire, Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:55:00 

A new edition of National Geographic Traveler magazine has launched in Indonesia, broadening the international reach of the world's most widely read travel magazine to 13 local-language editions. The Bahasa Indonesia edition, which debuted in January, is published by Gramedia Majalah, a Jakarta-based publishing group that publishes both National Geographic magazine in Indonesia and the country's largest newspaper, Kompas. 

Editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveler Indonesia is Tantyo Bangun, a documentary filmmaker and photographer, who also edits National Geographic magazine. Published under license from the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., each issue of National Geographic Traveler Indonesia will adhere to the core principles of the U.S. edition — culture, authenticity and sustainability — while also exhibiting a unique local editorial flavor. The Bahasa Indonesia edition features about 40 percent of the English-language-edition content and 60 percent new editorial material. 

Local-language editions of National Geographic Traveler are also available in China, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Latin America, Armenia, Czech Republic, Croatia and Romania. 

"National Geographic Traveler tells incomparable stories about the peoples and places of the world. Leading with an insider's perspective, we emphasize the intrinsic flavor of each place we cover," said Keith Bellows, editor of National Geographic Traveler. 

The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to "increase and diffuse geographic knowledge," the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 325 million people worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic, and other magazines; National Geographic Channel; television documentaries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; exhibitions; school publishing programs; interactive media; and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 9,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy.