Back in 2017, there was a lot of speculation that Hary Tanoesoedibjo – the Indonesian media mogul, politician and real estate developer who is often referred to in the international pr

Jakarta – As a popular domestic tourist site in Jakarta, Ancol Dreamland Park in North Jakarta has the potential to attract foreign visitors, especially from Southeast Asia, Jakarta Go

Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – The government has been put on alert after the latest data revealed foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia are behind target, threatening to undermine the countr

Jakarta – The Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) has expressed pessimism at the notion that the government's policy to lower ceiling prices of airplane tickets by 12 t

Jakarta – Airlines have been on the receiving end of criticism recently, as frustration mounts among other stakeholders in the travel industry, particularly hotel and restaurant operat

Amilia Rosa, Bali – Bali's beaches are one of the main reasons tourism took off for the Indonesian island in the 1970s and 80s, drawing surfers and holidays makers from around the worl

Fadli, Batam – Beaches near Nongsa resorts in Batam, Riau Islands, have been covered with a thick film of stinky, black oil since Tuesday, forcing foreign tourists staying at the resor

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara has been named the Best Halal Tourist Destination on the 2019 Indonesia Muslim Travel Index (IMTI), followed by destinations

Jakarta – The tourist industry in West Nusa Tenggara – home to popular tourist destination Lombok – has yet to recover following a strong earthquake in July 2018 that devastated infras

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has revealed that tourist arrivals hit 1.27 million in February, 6.12 percent higher than the 1.20 million recorded in the same month in 2018.

Jakarta – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has said that Indonesia is currently developing disaster mitigation technology that will be placed in tourist destinations.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government has lowered this year's revenue target for the tourist industry from US$20 billion to US$17.6 billion.

Jakarta – As the most populous Muslim-majority nation, the country is aiming for the top spot on the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI), as part of an effort to achieve the foreign tour

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Douglas was aware of the series of earthquakes that struck Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, six months ago when he decided to visit the island during his six-wee

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – In an effort to encourage tourist spending and empower small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the government will revise a regulation pertaining to valu

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Hans van Ginneken and his wife Corrie fell in love with Bali the first time they visited the resort island several years ago.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is preparing a regulation to relax the value added tax (VAT) refund requirements for foreign tourists to support efforts to achieve this year's targ

Bram Setiawan, Jakarta – The Tourism Ministry provides technical guidance and workshops to representatives from 10 provinces in Indonesia.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – A total of 15.81 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia throughout 2018, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), falling short of the government's target o

Indonesia has agreed in principle to allow the office of the United Nations human rights commissioner into Papua region, or West Papua.

Anand Mathai – The governor of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, seems intent on taking drastic action to boost his province's tourism industry.

Jakarta (Antara) – Gallup's Law and Order Report data in 2018 has showed that Indonesia ranked 9th as a country with the highest level of law and orderliness.

Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to hit its target of getting 17 million tourist arrivals this year because of a series of disasters the country experienced in 2018, according to Tourism

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) has called on the government to deregulate the hospitality and tourism industry because existing regu

Jakarta – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said on Wednesday that the country needed to invest Rp 500 trillion (US$33.49 million) to develop tourism in 2019.

Harriet Mallinson – Bali is cracking down on disrespectful behaviour with proposals to ban bikinis around its sacred sites.

Jakarta – Indonesia saw a 16.57 percent month-to-month increase in the number of foreign tourists to 1.53 million in July from 1.31 million in June, or a 12.10 percent year-on-year incr

Paulina Quintao – The general director for Tourism Jose Quintas appealed to all citizens to be responsible for keeping the capital, Dili, clean and beautiful because doing so will attra

Jakarta – Malaysia has taken over China's position as the largest contributing country of tourists to Indonesia in April, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

Jakarta – Indonesia climbed to second place in the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2018, from third place in the previous year.

Ben C. Solomon, Com, East Timor – On a rainy spring morning, Fizzy Moslim strapped on her weathered-chrome oxygen tank and slipped into the warm water.

Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration has accused countries that have destinations similar to Bali of spreading hoaxes about the impact of the volcanic activity at Mount Agung in

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – It's the monsoon season in Indonesia, which means Bali's iconic surf beach in Kuta is vomiting rubbish again.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) has called on the government to stop issuing licenses for hotel construction because currently the country has a surplus of hotel ro

Jakarta – Indonesia is seeking help from the World Bank to create a number of master plans on new tourist destinations being promoted by the government.

I Wayan Juniarta, Karangasem – In an impressive show of solidarity, communities and individuals have banded together to provide assistance for evacuees who have had to escape the rumbling Mount Agu

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Bali – Mount Agung looks enormous from the Bhale Dana sand mine in Muntig, a Balinese village inside the volcano evacuation zone, but the miners are not fazed.

Jakarta – In an effort to boost religious tourism in Indonesia, the Tourism Ministry lends its support to a religious event held by Islamic boarding school Pesantren Sirnarasa Foundation dubbed Pes

There is to be a Hilton Hotels and Resorts-branded hotel in Timor-Leste.

Samantha Hawley – Australia's ambassador to Indonesia has emphasised the Federal Government's commitment to try and help boost tourism in Indonesia.

Felicity James – Tourism businesses from an island off the coast of Timor-Leste's capital say they fear large-scale government projects could destroy their community and local voices are being igno

James Thomas and Lesley Robinson – The animals are brutally caught and then butchered not far from the beaches visited by more than 1 million Australians every year.

Jakarta – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya aims to put Indonesia in the leading position on the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) by 2019 from the current third position.

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Atambua – The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism has urged the government of Timor-Leste to modify its immigration regulations to boost tourism in border areas such as Atambua i

Jakarta – Amid the increasing popularity of halal tourism, Aceh has become one of Indonesia's emerging tourist destinations.

The Chinese embassy in Indonesia has accused local customs officials of targeting Chinese tourists and demanding they give them illicit "tips" at border controls.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – As tourism slowly takes its place as a new engine of economic growth, the government is making aggressive plans to improve and promote new tourist destinations.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The government will likely need to review its strategy in promoting its priority tourist destinations, as data shows that recent tourism investment mainly headed to just tw

Thomas Wright – "For thrill seekers and chill seekers" – that's the phrase the Today Tonight television program used to show areas in Bali as a freshly rebranded holiday destination, in its recent

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – July has set a new record in the number of foreigners visiting Indonesia, with Chinese tourists topping the list.