News Indonesia Tourism: How a village pond became a quirky tourist attraction in Indonesia in the social media age
Visitors flock to Umbul Ponggok in Central Java to take tongue-in-cheek underwater selfies, feed its fish, and buy food and souvenirs. The transformation of a once-murky pond has enriched villagers and made Ponggok a model village.
News Indonesia Tourism: Indonesia’s Lombok island determined to boost tourism after earthquakes | Video
Last year’s earthquakes in Lombok brought tourism in the Indonesian resort island to its knees. Recovery has been slow, but those whose livelihood depends on tourism are determined to bring visitors ...
News Indonesia Tourism: Island Hopping in Indonesia: Nusa, Gili, Flores, and Lombok Islands
The archipelago of Indonesia is comprised of over 17,000 islands ... Though the seaweed industry is slowly waning as tourism becomes more profitable for the people, you can still see the farms on ...
News Indonesia Tourism: Indonesia's whale sharks in spotlight at Australia conference
This caught the attention of various participants from around the world such as whale shark researchers, conservationists and practitioners in the field of natural resource management and tourism. The ...
News Indonesia Tourism: New curriculum for hospitality students, state apparatus to improve human resources in tourism
... improvement of quality standards for human resources in the national tourism industry. Recently, a national coordination meeting was conducted on the theme, “Wonderful Indonesia Digital Tourism ...
News Indonesia Tourism: Five MoUs signed at PHL-Indonesia investment summit
THE Philippines-Indonesia Economic and Investment Summit saw the signing of five agreements in the tourism, agriculture and e-commerce industries, Philippine officials at the Jakarta embassy said. ...
News Indonesia Tourism: Why your trip to Bali is about to become more expensive: Indonesia plans to introduce a tourist tax to 'to help conserve nature and culture'
Tourists visiting Bali could be taxed to visit the island as the local government considers a 'contribution fee'. Bali Governor I Wayan Koster said tourists should help conserve the island at a Bali ...
News Indonesia Tourism: Indonesia has a $412 billion plan to rebuild the country
Indonesia is drafting ambitious plans for more than $400 billion ... of the domestically developed N219 propeller plane to support the expanding air-travel and tourism industries in the nation of more ...