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Indonesia finally looking to step up its game in building tourism business

The number of foreign visitors to Indonesia has grown consistently over the past seven years, to eight million last year…Revenue from tourism is $9.12 billion last year from $6.3 billion in 2009. To increase foreign visitors to 10 million by 2014, the tourism ministry has participated in international travel fairs, promoting the slogan “Wonderful Indonesia.” [...]

Indonesia’s Lion Air orders nearly $20 billion in aircraft from Airbus

Europe’s Airbus has landed a record order potentially worth $20 billion at list prices from Indonesia’s Lion Air, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, smashing rival Boeing’s grip on one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines. In a sign of the rising importance of Asian budget carriers for high-tech manufacturing jobs, the deal is [...]

Indonesian flight search Traveloka explodes as online booking makes it way through Asia

Indonesian flight search engine Traveloka.com has recorded staggering growth in the last two months, with the startup processing more than two million flight searches last month, and the team claims that they are on track to increase that number even more. When you consider that the same startup was processing around 400,000 flight searches just [...]

Indonesia ups arrival expectations for 2013 after hitting the mark on 2012 target

Despite difficult global economic conditions, Indonesia looks forward to welcoming between 8.5 million to 9 million tourists in 2013…This is a significant increase of between 7%-12.5% from the 8 million international arrivals in 2012. This confidence is based on the fact that in 2013, Bali will host the APEC Summit… [and] WTO Ministerial Meeting. Additionally, [...]

Tourism highlights problems with Indonesia’s outdated transportation infrastructure

Airport service, traffic jams, cleanliness and safety are some of the old problems that hamper the development of tourism in Bali, as has long been said by tourists. Ngurah Rai International Airport was considered to be inconvenient compared to international airports in other countries… The ongoing construction project at the airport has made the place even [...]

Accor hotel group doubles down on Indonesia as center of its Southeast Asian growth

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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — Accor SA, Europe’s biggest hotel operator, plans to locate half of its new Southeast Asia properties in Indonesia to take advantage of the country’s growing economy and expanding m…

Indonesia amps up efforts to offer health tourism and tap into the profitable trend

What is called health tourism is, apparently, one of the prime motors of economic growth in Asia. And Indonesia wants a bigger slice of the action. Last week the Health Ministry and the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry in Jakarta signed an agreement to work with hospitals, private spa companies and health associations to create [...]

Etihad introduces its loyalty program for businesses with frequent flyers in Indonesia

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, recently launched its loyalty program for businesses, dubbed BusinessConnect, in Indonesia. Each traveling employee of companies registered with the program would earn miles with the airlines’ frequent flyer program, Etihad Guest. Travelers will earn Etihad Guest miles for themselves and in addition, their company will [...]

Indonesia’s Lion Air challenges AirAsia with new Malaysia-based budget airline

Indonesia’s Lion Air said Tuesday it will set up a low-cost airline in Malaysia that will take off in May 2013 as part of an aggressive regional expansion. The move will see Lion Air, which controls nearly half the air travel market in Indonesia, playing catch-up to the region’s top budget carrier AirAsia. It follows [...]

Aussie economics firm predicts outbound tourism from Asia to significantly increase by 2015

Tourism [to Australia] from Indonesia and Malaysia is expected to rapidly rise by 2015, while the number Australians holidaying overseas is showing signs of easing, a survey has found. Deloitte Access Economics corporate finance director Lachlan Smirl said a cashed-up middle class in emerging economies throughout Asia is likely to have a flow-on-effect for the [...]