Jakarta – Approximately six million foreign tourists were recorded visiting Indonesia after the introduction of visa free policies for 169 countries, the Directorate General of Immigration said.

Jakarta – Recent expansion of a free-visa policy and aggressive promotion have proved a boon for Indonesia's tourist industry, with foreign visitor arrivals in May once more exceeding 900,000, a mo

Susan Marx – "From its ruggedly beautiful landscapes to its centuries-old traditions, Timor-Leste offers one of the world's last great off-the-beaten-track adventures," begins Lonely Planet's descr

Tim McDonald, East Timor – On the road that goes from East Timor's capital of Dili to Suai, on the Island's south, there's a cross by the roadside.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Believe it or not, Australians have finally been granted free entry to Indonesia for up to 30 days, after years of policy backflips.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government's introduction of free visas for the citizens of 169 countries has been criticized by lawmakers.

"The Tale of the Timorese Coffee Farmer" – Timor-Leste's booth at the 2015 Milan Expo – showcases one of the region's main exports.

Dili – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo is calling for foreign investment in tourism to boost its contributions to the economy alongside agriculture and oil and gas industries, report

Ina Parlina and Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has finally signed a new Presidential Regulation that would make a policy to waive visa fees for 30 countries official,

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of tourists have reportedly canceled trips to Weh Island in Sabang, Aceh, as the result of recent violence allegedly committed by locals against tourists ce

Venidora Oliveira – Non-government organization (NGO) Haburas asks the government to explain why it is not doing more to promote local products and ecotourism across the country.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – In a bid to boost the number of foreign tourists, Indonesia will officially waive visa requirements for visitors from Australia, China, Japan, South Korea

Michael Bachelard – Every so often, a convicted Australian paedophile – we'll call him "Malcolm" – transfers small amounts of cash via Western Union to his "friends" in Indonesia.

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament (MP) Brigida Antonia Correira has criticized the Ministry of Tourism's Miss Turismu initiative as a waste of money.

Agnieszka Sobocinska – This summer, many of us are heading overseas. Australians are the world's largest spenders on international travel on a per capita basis.

Bacau – To diversify its economy, Timor Leste has identified tourism and agriculture as two key industries.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is set to leverage the country's potential of sharia tourism this year in a bid to capture the expanding number of glo

Fadli, Batam – More Singaporeans and Malaysians have been spending their weekends in Batam, Riau Islands, over the last few months after the reemergence of gambling-related recreation a

Loic Vennin – "I decided to experience the real Jakarta," said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in a scene that would never make a postca

West Papua Media with local sources in Jayapura – Questions are being raised again about the willingness of the Indonesian police in Papua to properly investigate suspicious shooting in

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a mammoth tourism project in Lombok on Friday that critics contend will lead to the forced displacement

Jill Jolliffe – East Timorese hotel manager Alice Goncalves has survived many bad moments in the hospitality business.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – The director of the documentary "Cowboys in Paradise," an already hugely controversial look at the gigolo lifestyles of Bali's "Kuta Cowboys," has already begun t

Security forces launched an immediate crackdown targeting "tanned and muscular" men at Kuta's Bali beach on Monday, just hours after the Jakarta Globe Web site ran a story about a new f

Women from around the world have been drawn to Bali's sandy beaches, verdant rice fields and Hindu culture.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A signboard on Jl.

Jakarta – Every Indonesian child has been told the story of their beloved country being the emerald of the equator, with its breathtaking scenery and vast cultural diversity, and how ot

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a money maker.

Anita Rachman – Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said on Tuesday that pushing for clean toilets at the nation's ports was going to be one of his priorities for his first 100 days

Nurfika Osman – Indonesia ranked 81st out of 133 countries in a global tourism competitiveness report, indicating that the country needed more improvements to boost the tourism sector,

Kerry O'Brien, presenter: It's now 10 years since the people of East Timor were finally given the chance to decide their political future and vote in a referendum on independence.

Denpasar – Bali Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia's latest campaign to lure tourists got off to a rocky start after embarrassed officials acknowledged that a key slogan was ungrammatical and ordered it corrected.

Ed Davies, Dili – It has pristine beaches, lush highlands and an exotic cultural mix – and lies just a few hours flight east of the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

As a developing country saddled with huge foreign debts, Indonesia's tourism industry is a much needed source of income.

The sexual exploitation of children is growing at an alarming rate and now affects millions of children across the globe.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – In the beginning, Bali had a wet season and a dry season.

Benito Lopulalan, Jimbaran – Survivors and relatives of the 20 people killed in suicide bombings on Indonesia's Bali one year ago held a sombre memorial Sunday amid stepped-up security

Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Denpasar – Balinese involved in the tourist industry are increasingly worried about the imminent threat of massive layoffs due to the drastic drop in tourist ar

Fadli, Batam – The number of foreign tourists visiting Batam city last year fell short of expectations with only 1,005,000 vacationing in the city between January and December last year

Rita A. Widiadana, Kuta – Only a few days before the deadly bombing of Oct.

Ainslie Chandler – Despite its war-ravaged past, East Timor has all the hallmarks of a tropical paradise.

Fadli, Batam – A drastic drop in Batam's tourist arrivals in the January-October period has forced dozens of entertainment establishments, such as karaoke and massage parlors, to close

Bill Geurin, Jakarta – war on drugs has been ramped up as the tourist and clubbing season on the resort island of Bali reaches its peak.

Tomi Soetjipto – Sun-bathing topless on Bali's famed Kuta beach, Joanna Lee seems unfazed by the sight of giggling Indonesian tourist policemen buzzing by on a golf cart.

Simone Lee Egger – Accommodation was once so scarce in East Timor that a bed in a converted shipping container cost nearly £60 a night.

Jakarta – With the advent of the low season, the number of foreign tourists arriving through Indonesia's 13 main entry points fell by almost 4 percent in April, after rising by more tha

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Banda Aceh – The civil state of emergency authority in Aceh has decided to open five regencies for foreigners wishing to enter Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province.

Denpasar – Bali is the first province in Indonesia to have carried out a comprehensive survey on the implementation of the new visa-on-arrival (VoA) policy as a quick response to govern