A visitor poses for a photograph on a platform at the Kalibiru Tourism Village in Kulon Progo Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. In Kalibiru, near Yogyakarta, villagers built treetop platforms to provide a full-fledged destination for social media photo-ops. They installed cameras and hired photographers to advise on the best poses to showcase the background of verdant hills and a shimmering blue reservoir. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
In Indonesia’s Menoreh hills, villagers built a treetop adventure course in 2008 to lure thrill-seeking tourists. Instead, visitors are coming for the perfect Instagram shot.
So perfect, in fact, that Kalibiru Tourism Village, near Yogyakarta, redesigned the attraction to convert the zip-lines and treetop platforms into a full-fledged destination for social media photo-ops. It installed cameras and hired photographers to advise on the best poses to showcase the background of verdant hills and a shimmering blue reservoir. Images are uploaded directly to visitor's phones.
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