Last year, Indonesia’s tourists increased by 20%, with nearly 14 million visits to a large number of archipelagos.
Always trying to convince travelers to the government outside Bali, the most popular island of foreign guests to date, he welcomed the interest, which was “a significant increase following the 19th pandemic”.
The latest official data shows that Bali is still the first stop for many people. 6.3 million of the country’s arrivals in 2024 landed at the island’s airport, more than double the entry of Jakarta, the largest city to date.
The number of people arriving in Bali last year was about the same as the 16.1 million foreign tourists reported in Indonesia in 2019.
On either side of shared travel restrictions, the Indonesian government has been busy promoting alternatives such as Raja Ampat, known for its amazing turquoise waters, while Komodo is home to the same name and the terrifying Lizard.
Meanwhile, airlines have been adding flights to destinations like Manado, close to diving sites in Sulawesi, the eastern part of the country.
On Java, a densely populated Muslim-majority island, there is Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple. Sumatra is home to Toba, 100 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, and is the largest crater lake in the world. It fills the crater of Toba Supervolcano, an eruption tens of thousands of years ago left a meter-thick ashes in most parts of India and could have caused years of global winters for several consecutive years.
From west to east, Indonesia’s thousands of islands are wider than Canada, meaning travelers’ choice. However, if the boat is done, it takes time and if the air is done, it can end up being expensive, and many routes require remote connections through Jakarta or Bali.
