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.

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