Jakarta, June 29 -- Indonesia's Tourism Ministry expects the Krisna-Saba Arts and Culture Festival in Gianyar, Bali, to be hosted regularly, as it can push for cultural preservation while also rousing the local tourism and economy.

"I want an event like this to be developed as an annual event, a regular event. I am very happy to see young people get involved in it. This is a space for expression and for us to preserve culture and art," Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa said on Friday evening (June 27).

Puspa said the festival did not just offer Balinese trinkets and goods, but also symbolized the efforts to preserve the region's arts, culture, and tourism.

The festival highlights Saba Village's rarely-seen wealth of culture, intr...