Like Bali? Indonesia Wants to Create 10 of Them to Draw Chinese Tourists
- Jokowi wants to boost tourism industry to 7.5% of GDP by 2019
- China set to overtake Singapore as biggest tourist market
Tanah Lot Temple. Bali. Indonesia, Asia.
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As China’s burgeoning class of affluent travelers seek out more exotic destinations, Indonesia is cashing in.
China is on track to become the biggest tourist market for Indonesia for the first time this year, overtaking Singapore. That’s after a 46 percent surge in visitors from the world’s second-largest economy to 1.4 million in the first eight months of the year.