Jakarta – Hotels in Bali are drafting guidelines for health protocols for the so-called "new normal" as the provincial administration prepares to reopen the tourist island for business

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is set to provide a Rp 25 trillion (US$1.68 billion) stimulus package that includes airfare and hotel discounts to speed up the recovery of

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – With the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) and calls to cancel travel plans still in place, tourism workers have had to resort to temporary jobs to s

An online petition closing in on a thousand signatures is calling for the reopening of beaches across Bali, arguing that people should be allowed access as long as they obey social dis

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a steep drop in foreign tourist arrivals number in March as the COVID-19 pandemic decimates the country's tourism industry, Statistics Indo

Jakarta – Foreign tourist arrivals plummeted in Indonesia in March as the country's tourism industry started feeling the pinch of the coronavirus crisis, the central statistics agency

Hotels in Bali are reportedly planning to start opening up doors in May, with tourism authorities also expecting to welcome Chinese tourists to the island by June following some optimi

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – The coronavirus outbreak is set to wipe out more than US$10 billion (S$14.3 billion) from Indonesia's tourism revenue this year as leisure travel comes to a near

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is seeking to speed up the development of the super-priority tourist destination Lake Toba in North Sumatra as a part of its broader effort

One of Indonesia's top officials is considerably optimistic for the near-future of the country's tourism sector, with the government reportedly planning to attract travelers from count

Antara, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Chief of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Hariyadi Sukamdani stated that he has received reports of 1,266 hotel

Riza Rodilla Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia's tourism sector, the industry hardest-hit by COVID-19, is projected to take a long time to recover, although the pandemic is expected to slow d

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali's provincial administration is urging tourist destinations on the resort island to suspend their operations over the COVID-19 outbreak in the country

Randy Mulyanto – I Gusti Ngurah Adi Mahendra, the owner of a tour agency in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, has lost 80 per cent of his income after receiving mass cancellations

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government has finally called for the suspension of meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) activities, after previously trying to promot

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The COVID-19 coronavirus has hit the hotel industry hard with occupancy rates well down on the seasonal average across Indonesia, an industry group has s

Denpasar, Ni Komang Erviani – When Ketut Suarsa Dipa, 41, heard about an outbreak caused by a new strain of coronavirus in China in January, he was not particularly concerned.

Denpasar (AFP) – Bali's Galungan festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil, but a new enemy is threatening that cosmic balance this year – coronavirus.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia and its budget airline Citilink began implementing flight fare cuts on 10 tourist destination on Sunday to follo

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is offering 50 percent off flight tickets to persuade domestic and international tourists to keep visiting the country's favorite tou

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Made Anthony Iswara and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The government is set to recruit international influencers to attract foreign tourists to Indonesia in the

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – When China sneezes, Indonesia better prepares for the cold.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – With Indonesia scoring low in health and hygiene by international tourism standards, the government is focusing on the quality of public toilets and sanit

Krithika Varagur – The idyllic holiday island of Bali has been hit by the ripple effect of the coronavirus crisis, with tourism plummeting and suggestions it "does not have the capacit

Riza Roidila Mufti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government will provide discounts of up to 30 percent for both foreign and local travelers in a bid to revive Indonesia's t

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Beritasatu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Monday the government will provide a stimulus package for the Indonesian tourism industry to keep the

Hamish Hastie – The Perth-to-Lombok flight introduced in June last year has contributed to a 40 per cent jump in hotel occupancy rates in the burgeoning south of the island.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry plans to develop Benoa Harbor, through state-owned port operator PT Pelindo III, into the archipelago's hub po

Antara, Beritasatu, Jakarta – An expected drop in the number of Chinese tourists due to coronavirus concerns may cost Indonesia $2.8 billion this year, an official said on Thursday.

James Massola, Dana McCauley and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Bali's tourism sector has taken a sizeable hit from the novel coronavirus and is facing the loss of 100,000 Chinese tourists per

Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Bahlil Lahadalia has offered potential investment opportunities in Indonesia's 10 new tourist destinations, dubbed the "10 New Balis

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar, Bali – Bali tourism stakeholders have rebuffed an online report in a British tabloid suggesting that the resort island had become a "ghost town" due to a d

Riska Rahman and Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The country's tourist sector has taken a hit amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in China that has spread to other countries, as more tri

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Amid concerns over a decline in foreign tourist arrivals as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Tourism and Creative Economy

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – A total of 16.1 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia throughout 2019, falling short of the government's target of attracting 20 million tourists, St

Jakarta – The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia rose by 1.8 percent to 16.1 million last year from 15.8 million in 2018, according to a monthly report by the Central Statis

Jakarta – The Bali Tourism Agency organized a mass prayer on Friday amid a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak originating from China, which has taken a toll on the famous resort islan

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Chinese tourists are starting to cancel their trips to Indonesia over fears of an acceleration of the spread of a deadly coronavirus in the Asian nation a

Eliza Borrello, Ari Wu and Phil Hemingway in Sulawesi – Arriving at Pulisan Beach, on the eastern tip of North Sulawesi, the sand is white and the water is warm.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Brunei Darussalam – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry formally introduced Indonesia's five super-priority tourism destinations to 43 international journalis

Joe Cochrane – Trouble is brewing in Indonesia's "Island of the Gods" and it seems there are plenty of things to blame: Donald Trump, cheap tours aimed at the Chinese market, and worse

Bisnis, Jakarta – The growing international tourist visits from January to November 2019 did not coincide with the occupancy levels of hotels, which experienced a drop compared to the

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Minister has caused a stir by proposing that the country promote traditional Indonesian treatments and herbs such as Tongkat Ali, Pu

Sakib Awan – Bali is expected to have a total of more than 6.7 million foreign visitors in 2019.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to conduct various events next year at Rawabadung Lake in Cakung, East Jakarta, in an attempt to get potential tourists to take note of this

Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesia's tourism market was recorded at US$6 billion (Rp84.6 trillion), according to Goldman Sachs' data.

Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia looks set to miss its target of 18 million international arrivals this year after attracting only 13.62 million foreign visitors between January and October

Ian Lloyd Neubauer, Denpasar, Bali – The people of Bali have shared water resources through "subak" – a sophisticated irrigation system that diverts water from channel to rice field an

Antara, Jakarta – The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government is developing an online ticketing system for the Komodo National Park, the world's remaining natural habitat of Komodo dr