Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry will allocate Rp2.55 trillion for the development of strategic tourism areas in 2020.
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September 4, 2019
September 3, 2019
In recent years, the Indonesian government has been pushing to develop new tourist zones to attract foreign visitors to islands besides Bali.
August 31, 2019
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is seeking to speed up the development of four priority tourist destinations across the country, as part of his administration's efforts to boo
August 30, 2019
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta (Antara) – The Association of Indonesian Travel Companies (Asita) asked President Joko Widodo or Jokowi to immediately resolve the issues in Papua and West Papua.
August 29, 2019
Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Some 53 unlicensed buildings in Naringgul village in Cisarua, part of the Puncak resort in Bogor, West Java, were demolished by the regency's Public Order Agency
August 18, 2019
Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Improving a region's tourism potential may lead to better sanitation for residents, an advocacy group said during a discussion in Malang, East Java, o
August 13, 2019
Fira Abdurachman, Richard C.
July 15, 2019
A trip to Bali is never just about the sights and attractions, it's also about learning the history of the island, its people, and its stories.
July 12, 2019
A hotel with clear windows in Purwokerto, Central Java, has corrupted the minds of the town's children, locals allege, resulting in their protest against the establishment yesterday ev
July 10, 2019
Mercedes Hutton – Ever since Bali first established a position on the tourist trail in the 1920s, the Indonesian island has become a haven for foreign travellers in search of sanctuary
July 8, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Embassy in Moscow will hold the fourth Indonesian Festival in Russia on Aug.
July 4, 2019
Jakarta – The number of domestic tourists in Bali from January to April decreased to 363,161, marking an 11 decrease in tourists from the same period in 2018, according to Colliers Int
July 2, 2019
Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded that the number of tourists who arrived in Indonesia on airplanes was 713,881 in May, a decline of 11.37 percent year-on-year (yoy).
June 27, 2019
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has invited some of Indonesia's richest people to the State Palace on Wednesday to discuss investment in the Mandalika Special Economic Zone in
June 25, 2019
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
June 22, 2019
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
June 11, 2019
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
May 14, 2019
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
April 26, 2019
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
April 21, 2019
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
April 10, 2019
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
April 9, 2019
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
April 2, 2019
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 – 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
March 22, 2019
Jakarta – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has said that Indonesia is currently developing disaster mitigation technology that will be placed in tourist destinations.
March 19, 2019
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.
March 14, 2019
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
March 1, 2019
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
February 25, 2019
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
February 20, 2019
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
February 14, 2019
Bram Setiawan, Jakarta – The Tourism Ministry provides technical guidance and workshops to representatives from 10 provinces in Indonesia.
February 1, 2019
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
January 31, 2019
Indonesia has agreed in principle to allow the office of the United Nations human rights commissioner into Papua region, or West Papua.
January 30, 2019
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.
January 13, 2019
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.
December 5, 2018
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
November 10, 2018
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
September 26, 2018
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.
September 3, 2018
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
August 6, 2018
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
June 5, 2018
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).
April 13, 2018
Jakarta – Indonesia climbed to second place in the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2018, from third place in the previous year.
April 8, 2018
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.
January 8, 2018
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
December 29, 2017
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.
November 14, 2017
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
November 10, 2017
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.
September 28, 2017
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