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Ministry asked to launch labor-intensive program for tourism workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed the tourism and creative economy minister to launch a labor-intensive ...

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Indonesia diverts attention to domestic tourists over coronavirus

Several tourist resorts and parks in the Lagoi integrated and exclusive tourist area on Bintan Island, Riau Islands ...

Creative economy instrumental in boosting forex earnings

The Indonesian government believes that development of the creative economy plays a strategic role in contributing to ...

Komodo airport to get international status in June 2020: minister

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi affirmed the government’s decision to accelerate development of Komodo ...

Government plans to offer discounted fares for domestic flights

The government has continued to take precautionary measures against the impacts of the coronavirus on the national ...

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Coronavirus outbreak disrupts tourist boom from China

Chinese tourists had been a very lucrative segment for Indonesia over the last several years, as their numbers tended ...

NTT upbeat 50,000 foreigners will visit Komodo Island in 2020

 The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) government is upbeat about some 50 thousand foreign tourists visiting Komodo ...

BKPM invites Jumeirah to invest in three tourist destinations

Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Chairman Bahlil Lahadalia extended an invite to the Jumeirah ...

2019 KUR realization reaches Rp139.5 trillion: ministry

The realization of the microcredit program (KUR) for the January-December 2019 period reached Rp139.5 trillion or 99.6 ...

Govt to encourage investment to develop super-priority destinations

Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Angela Tanoesoedibjo spoke of the government augmenting all options to ...

Malaysians dominate foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia

During 2019, tourists of Malaysian nationality dominated the number of foreign visitors arriving in Indonesia, with ...

Jokowi hopes infrastructure in 5 "new Balis" to be completed in 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his hope that the construction works of infrastructure to support tourism ...

Tourism Ministry invites French travel agents to Sumba, Komodo Island

Indonesia’s Tourism and Creative Economic Ministry is inviting French travel bureaus' agents, whom Visit ...

TransNusa to open two new flight routes in December

Privately-run airline company TransNusa Aviation Mandiri plans to open two new flight routes in December 2019 to ...

Batik Air opens Jakarta - Nanning direct flight

Indonesian airline Batik Air has officially opened its direct flight from Jakarta to Nanning in China, that marks ...