JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government plans to spend Rp 4.01 trillion (US$275.15 million) this year on 108 basic infrastructure projects in five prioritised tourist destinations to spur visits. The government also expects the five destinations, along with Bali itself, to spur domestic travel and thereby help Indonesia’s tourist industry to recover this year. The industry is one of the hardest hit by the pandemic as countries and cities imposed mobility restrictions. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data shows that foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia were down 86.59 per cent year-on-year (yoy) in February as countries maintained travel restrictions. “Large-scale tourism development that tramples on human rights is fundamentally incompatible with the concept of sustainable development, ” De Schutter said.

Source: The Star April 09, 2021 08:30 UTC