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Friday 09 Oct 2015 - 14:06 Makkah mean time-26-12-1436
Archipelago of Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia (Google image)
Jakarta (IINA) – Indonesia’s tourism sector is planning to develop 10 new destinations that are expected to help the country attract 10 million tourist arrivals in 2016, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
The sites include Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Thousand Islands in Jakarta, Mount Bromo in East Java, and Labuan Bajo fishing town in Nusa Tenggara region.
Well-known Bali has become too familiar while the potential of other islands are still tremendous to be tapped.
Indonesia’s non-smoke industry has set the goal to increase the number of visitors to 20 million by 2020, thus creating jobs for seven million from the current three million.
The archipelago nation is home to more than 17,000 islands in every shapes and sizes.
It is noteworthy that Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed on Monday a decree on visa exemption for citizens of 75 countries in a move to boost foreign tourist arrivals and spur the country’s economy.
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