Jakarta (TAN): Indonesia’s tourism ministry intends to play host to 1.5 millions Australian tourists in 2019 and is working towards this goal, The Jakarta Post reported.
The country’s tourism department is carrying out promotions to this end in the Australian cities of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
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“In 2018, we faced many natural disasters, however Indonesia was still able to attract 1.3 million Australian tourists. This year we are targeting to welcome 1.5 million (Australian tourists) out of the 20 million foreign visitors in 2019,” the tourism ministry’s marketing development deputy assistant for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Edy Wardoyo was quoted as saying in a statement by Kompas.com.
“Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane are the four biggest contributors of Australian tourists to Indonesia. Hence we continue to work on these four main markets, aside from other cities like Darwin, Hobart and Adelaide,” said Wardoyo.
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Bali in Indonesia has been a traditional hotspot for Australian tourists but the archipelago nation has been trying to promote several other destinations as well.
