REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEOUL -- Tourism and creative economic sector attracted large foreign exchange (forex) income for Indonesia. The value reached 10 billion USD in 2013 proving the sector growing in slowed down global economy.
"Contribution of this sector as source of forex increases from year to year," Tourism marketing director in Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Esthy Reko Astuty said recently.
Therefore, government continues to boost the performance of tourism sector, which currently ranked the fourth largest forex contribution in the country. Tourist's arrival continues to increase from 5.3 million USD in 2004 to 8 million USD in 2012.
Majority foreign tourists came from five countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China and Japan, while number of domestic tourists increased from 202.7 trips in 2004 to 245.2 million trips in 2012. Forex income earned from Indonesian tourism sector in the period increased from 5.5 bollion USD to 9.1 billion USD in 2013.
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