Twenty dive resorts in Indonesia work together with local communities to protect dive sites, reefs and promote sustainability…
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In the Bunaken National Marine Park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, twenty-one dive resorts work together as the North Sulawesi Watersports Association (NSWA for short)— protecting marine life, keeping local Indonesians involved, and giving you peace of mind when diving with one of our member resorts.
As an alliance of dive resorts in the area of North Sulawesi, we are extremely keen to make sure that not only our reefs are protected, but we have a vested interest in the well-being of all inhabitants of North Sulawesi.
Statistics indicate a shift in numbers: as recently as 2016 tourism in the area has doubled. This makes our efforts for sustainable tourism crucial in this fragile ecosystem.
Long-term use of the Marine Park requires care. We invite both divers and local Indonesians to do the same.
The NSWA can directly influence the management of the marine park, safeguarding conservation efforts in the interests of divers.
Local communities get to directly benefit of diving tourism, getting them involved in reef conservation to boot.
North Sulawesi, known as The Land of Smiling People, lies in the very epicenter of the world's marine biodiversity of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It offers more than 100 different dive sites, all rich with tropical marine life, with diving all year round. This is just a small sample of all the fantastic diving that can be done…