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In the last year, 2009, Indonesia targetted 6,45 million foreign visitor and this target reached. This year, Indonesia expected reach to attract 7 million foreign tourists in 2010, about 8.5% up from about 6.45 million visitors last year, said Tourism and Culture Minister Jero Wacik on Southeast Asian country.
Wacik said, however, the amount spent by each foreign tourist fell to $995 this year from $1,178 in 2008. The minister said foreign tourists in 2010 were expected to spend around $1,000 each, meaning a $7 billion inflow into the economy. Over the first seven months of 2009, the number of international arrivals rose to 3.6 million, up from 3.5 million in 2008. Indonesia Govt optimistic the target would be reached, beacause number of tourist increase every year event in Indonesia have some dissasters. This also meaning that people trust Indonesia despite the bombings that occurred a few months ago The minister also told reporters that the lifting of a European Union ban on airlines including flag carrier Garuda this year would also help boost tourism next year. Tourism accounts for about 3 percent of gross domestic product in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, but some areas, including the resort island of Bali, are heavily dependent on tourism for jobs and growth. Beside Bali and Java, Indonesia ready to open others amazing place to new tourist destination like lombok, komodo, raja ampat, bunaken and other. On July 21, the Switzerland-based New7Wonders Foundation announced that the park had made the final cut and would vie with 26 other natural landmarks worldwide to be named one of the Seven New Wonders. The archipelago of more than 17,500 islands has beaches, mountains and dive-spots among its diverse attractions, but tourism infrastructure outside Bali is often poor and tourism campaigns have often been criticised as lacklustre. Indonesia is also well behind tiny neighbour Singapore, which aims to attract up to 9.5 million tourists this year, and Malaysia, which is targeting 19 million foreign tourist arrivals. Wacik said, however, that Indonesia’s arrivals had held up better than Vietnam and Thailand, which had seen drops of 16 percent and 17 percent respectively. |
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