REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANADO -- Hundreds of international figures and photographers will celebrate the festival of "Celebrate the Sea". The event will be held from March 31 to April 5, 2018, in Manado City, North Sulawesi Province.

"Several international figures, underwater photographers, and representatives from at least 100 countries will attend (the festival) in Manado," Dr Sylvia Earle noted in a statement here on Thursday.

"Celebrate the Sea" Festival is the most influential event in the Asia Pacific so far. Moreover, Earle plans to announce that the Bunaken Marine Park will become Mission Blue's Hope Spot.

"This festival has its own missions, such as shark protection as well as a ban on various products made from the species and campaigns to not use disposable plastic products in North Sulawesi," she explained.