Indonesia’s neighbouring countries are experiencing a boom in tourism. Thailand has had more than 30 million foreigners visit in recent years. In March 2016, in a bid to gain the tourist dollar, Indonesia launched a free 30-day visit visa for 174 countries. This was reflected by Indonesia recording 9.25 million foreign visitors in January to August this year, a 26.8 percent increase year-on-year. The goal is 15 million tourists this year and 20 million tourists in 2019.

Now, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced the Indonesian government plans to build 10 international yachts and cruise ship ports within the next two years.

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Currently, Indonesia is the world’s biggest archipelago with more than 17,000 islands, and doesn’t have any ports capable of handling international yachts or cruise ships.

“We agreed to construct the ports. We have 17,000 islands but no cruise or yacht ports at all. Where do we tell them to park then?” he said during the closing speech of the 2017 National Coordination Meeting of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) on Tuesday.

Source: The Jakarta Post

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