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Competitiveness Index
(WEF)
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not
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40
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not
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30
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Foreign Visitor Arrivals
(in million)
|
12
|
15
|
17
|
20
|
Domestic Tourists
(in million)
|
260
|
265
|
270
|
275
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Source: by Statistics Indonesia www.statista.com/statistics
It is also important for authorities to build a magnetic brand for the country as a whole. While the island of Bali already has a strong brand that is widely known across the globe, Indonesia as a whole has not. Statistics Indonesia (BPS).
Indonesia: International tourism revenue, percent of GDP, 2002 - 2020: For that indicator, we provide data for Indonesia from 2002 to 2020. The average value for Indonesia during that period was 1.44 percent with a minimum of 0.33 percent in 2020 and a maximum of 2.96 percent in 2002. The latest value from 2020 is 0.33 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2020 based on 124 countries is 3.10 percent. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Figure 1. International tourism revenue from 2013-2020
Source: from www.statista.com/statistics
1.3 The development process of touristic flow in Indonesia over the year.
In 1913, ‘’Vereeniging Touristic Vermeer’’ wrote a guide book about tourism places in the Indies. Since then Bali become known to international tourist with foreign tourist arrivals rose for more than 100% in 1927. Much of the international tourism of the 1920s and 1930s was by international visitors on oceanic cruises. Tourism provided Indonesia with valuable foreign exchange inflows, in the form of international tourism receipts, as well as investments and capital in tourism-related businesses. For the local economy, tourism usually brought infrastructure improvements, as well as creating jobs. Tourism has boomed in Indonesia in recent years and is one of the main sources of foreign currency earnings. In 2017, contribution of tourism to GDP amounted to IDR 536.8 trillion, 4.1% of Indonesia's total GDP. In the same year, tourism provided 12.7 million jobs, representing 10.5% of total employment. Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its foreign exchange revenues. Indonesia was ranked at 20th in the world tourist Industry in 2017, also ranked as the ninth-fastest growing tourist sector in the world, the third-fastest growing in Asia and fastest-growing in Southeast Asia. In 2018, Denpasar, Jakarta and Batam are among of 10 cities in the world with fastest growth in tourism, 32.7, 29.2 and 23.3 percent respectively. The tourism sector ranked as the 4th largest among goods and services export sectors. Indonesia possesses rich and colorful culture, such as Barong dance performance in Bali. On 2019, Indonesia recorded 16.10 million foreign tourist arrivals, seeing a 1.9% per cent increase than that of 2018. In 2015, 9.73 million international visitors entered Indonesia, staying in hotels for an average of 7.5 nights and spending an average of US$1,142 per person during their visit, or US$152.22 per person per day. Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia, and Japan are the top five sources of visitors to Indonesia. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 ranks Indonesia 40th out of 140 countries overall with Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index score of 4.3. It is a two steps improvement from Indonesia's 2017 position of 42nd out of 136 countries overall with index score of 4.2.The 2015 report ranks the price competitiveness of Indonesia's tourism sector the 3rd out of 141 countries. It mentions that Indonesia has quite good travel and tourism policy and enabling conditions (ranked 9th). The country also scores quite good on natural and cultural resources (ranked 17th). However, the country scored rather low in infrastructure sub-index (ranked 75th), as some aspect of tourist service infrastructure are underdeveloped. In 2016, the government was reported to be investing more in tourism development by attracting more foreign investors. The government has given priority to 10 destinations as follows: Borobudur, Central Java; Mandalika, West Nusa Tenggara; Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara; Bromo-Tengger-Semeru, East Java; Thousand Islands, Jakarta; Toba, North Sumatra; Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi; Tanjung Lesung, Banten; Morotai, North Maluku; and Tanjung Kelayang, Belitung. As quoted in The Jakarta Post, the government is aiming for 275 million trips by domestic tourists by end of 2019. The government has also secured commitments from potential investors, totaling US$70 million in the areas of building accommodation, marina and ecotourism facilities in 3 of the 10 areas. Indonesia is ranked at seventh place in the list of Lonely Planet's top 10 countries to visit in 2019. The country ranks fourth out of the top 25 destinations in the world in 2018 by travel site Trip Advisor.
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