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As chair of ASEAN, Indonesia targets to push the bloc’s economic growth to 4.3% this year.

Indonesia plans to adjust its foreign tourist attraction strategy to respond to the rising risk of recession in developed economies this year, Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has said.

The Indonesian tourism sector hoped to reap benefits from the G20 summit and the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting to be held in Bali in November.

Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has announced that the ticket prices on domestic flights will be cut down by 15%, starting next week, to boost tourism recovery and development.

Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has targeted the creative economy sector to absorb 4.4 million domestic workers by 2024.

The Indonesian Government has extended the visa on arrival (VoA) programme for international travellers from 42 countries arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali province.

Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno on March 2 said that the country’s current tourism trend is shifting towards digital tourism.

Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has said that the country plans to open 4,000 restaurants abroad in late 2023 and early 2024 to promote its culinary culture.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, in collaboration with the Indonesia-Vietnam Friendship Association, held a webinar on health, economic and tourism cooperation and policy recommendations for the two countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic on November 8.

Indonesia can become a centre of the world's Muslim fashion as it holds great potential to support this, ranging from human resources, markets, to quality fashion design, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno told the Indonesia Islamic Youth Economic Forum on June 28.

Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said on February 16 that the country will roll out a soft loan worth 9.4 trillion Rp (670 million USD) to accelerate tourism recovery in Bali, where 80 percent of population make a living in the sector.

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on June 27 gave its ruling on petitions against the presidential election last April.

Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno will challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court following the official announcement of the victory of incumbent President Joko Widodo on May 21.