However, the report also stated that Indonesia is not placing enough emphasis on environmental sustainability (resulting in deforestation and endangered species, while only a minimal fraction of the used water is treated). The report states that the competitive advantages of Indonesia are price competitiveness, rich natural resources (biodiversity), and the presence of several heritage sites. This jump was caused by Indonesia's rapidly growing number of foreign visitor arrivals, national prioritization of the tourism industry and investment in infrastructure (for example the mobile phone network now covers most areas of the country, while air transport infrastructure has been expanded). In the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, which "measures the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable development of the Travel & Tourism sector, which in turn, contributes to the development and competitiveness of a country,” Indonesia jumped from rank 70th in 2013 to 50th in 2015, an impressive improvement. What is Blocking Development of Indonesia's Tourism Industry? This is probably a reaction to the many arrests made by Densus 88 in recent years.
After 2009, when radical groups started to operate in smaller networks (which are more difficult to trace) attacks have been aimed at symbols of the Indonesian state (such as policemen), not on symbols of the western world. This success is due to efforts of the country's special counter-terrorism squad (Densus 88), which is funded by the American government and is trained by the CIA, FBI and US Secret Service. After 2009 there have not been any terrorist attacks aimed at westerners.
The 2009 Ritz-Carlton/Marriott bombings explain why growth of tourist arrivals in 2009 was limited (see table above).
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A series of terrorist attacks aimed at westerners (the 2002/2005 bombings in Bali and the 2009 Ritz-Carlton/Marriott bombings in Jakarta) managed to stagnate foreign tourist arrivals as a large group of westerners ignored Indonesia as a holiday destination in the months following such a violent incident (within a year tourist numbers recover). Although small, there exists a radical Muslim community that not only believes Islam should be the sole guidance in life (and society) but is also willing to use extreme measures (violence) to reform and uproot established conditions. This solid performance is supported by a reduction in terrorist incidents in Indonesia. The table above shows that the number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia has grown steadily between 20. This explains the sharp increase in foreign visitor arrivals between 20.įoreign Tourist Arrivals in Indonesia, 2013-2016: Monthįoreign Tourist Arrivals in Indonesia, 2007-2015: Please note that Indonesia's Statistics Agency (BPS) adjusted the definition of foreign visitor arrival per January 2016. The government also revised its visa-free access policy in 2015 (for further elaboration, see below) to attract more foreign tourists.īelow we present foreign visitor arrivals into Indonesia in recent years. In order to achieve this target, the government will focus on improving Indonesia’s infrastructure (including ICT infrastructure), accessibility, health & hygiene as well as enhancing online promotional (marketing) campaigns abroad. By 2019, the Indonesian government wants to have doubled this figure to 8 percent of GDP, an ambitious target (possibly overly ambitious) which implies that within the next four years, the number of visitors needs to double to about 20 million. It is estimated that nearly nine percent of Indonesia's total national workforce is employed in the tourism sector.Ĭurrently, Indonesia's tourism sector accounts for approximately four percent of the total economy. It is important that the tourism industry of Indonesia enhances its contribution towards the country's gross domestic product (GDP) because it will trigger more foreign exchange earnings (as each foreign visitor spends between USD $1,100 and USD $1,200 per visit on average) while also providing employment opportunities to the Indonesian people (based on the latest data from Statistics Indonesia, the country's unemployment rate stood at 5.81 percent in February 2015).
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