Indonesia Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya strongly supports the hosting of the Indonesian MotoGP circuit in Lombok He said the hosting of the event in the newly-built Vinci MotoGP circuit in Lombok could attract at least 100,000 foreign tourists.

The government through its Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) in San Francisco is exploring investment opportunities in the digital economy in Indonesia in 2019, and the development of The 10 New Bali at the 2019 Indonesia-San Francisco Business Forum.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working to support and significantly accelerate the potential of Indonesia’s green investment sector.

The Indonesian government will open an office to boost investment from Singapore, although Indonesian offices with the same purpose have already existed in the neighbouring country.

Khairul Anwar, Regional Group Director (Jakarta) from Enterprise Singapore sheds light on doing business in Indonesia

In his welcome address speech at the dinner, Haryadi said the title was given to the president for his leadership in the development of tourism and for his commitment to infrastructural development.

Direct flights between Moscow and Indonesia’s resort island of Bali have boosted tourism in the Southeast Asian archipelago, said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi.

Indonesia believes that Japanese investment in Indonesia, particularly the portfolio one, still has potential to increase.

Indonesia’s largest airport operator is looking to spend billions of dollars to build a new facility in Jakarta and upgrade the existing one to cater to an unprecedented travel boom and compete with neighbouring countries for tourism revenue.

British guidebook publisher Rough Guides has included Indonesia in its list of the world’s most beautiful countries – and quite high up, too.

As a growing number of people become acutely aware of the need to protect the environment, the demand for goods and services that are sensitive to such inclinations will undoubtedly increase.

One of the Indonesian tourism ministry’s 10 priority destinations, Mandalika spans an impressive 1,175 hectares – two and a half times the size of Sentosa Island in Singapore.

When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo set out to double Indonesia’s foreign tourist arrivals within the five years of his presidency, many were sceptical.

State-owned tourism management enterprise Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has received funding from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to develop infrastructure in the Special Economic Zone (KEK) in Mandalika, West Nusa Tenggara.

Indonesia’s tourism industry is booming. In 2017, the country welcomed over 14 million overseas visitors, an increase of more than 2 million from the previous year.