A Message from Panorama Destination Indonesia
Hello from Indonesia!
First of all, I’m delighted to announce that Panorama Destination has been officially named the Best Travel Agency (Asia Pacific) by the Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2024; a prestigious annual event, dedicated to honouring excellence and recognising outstanding contributions within the travel industry. This accolade is a symbol of our commitment to providing superior travel services to all our clients and partners. If you voted in the awards, thank you for making us Number One!
There’s plenty of other news to report from Indonesia this month, beginning with the first ever Wonderful Indonesia Tourism Fair (WITF), held at PIK in Jakarta on 2–4 October. More than 150 international buyers attended the show, which demonstrated the growing appeal of Indonesian tourism and its centrality to the travel trade industry in Southeast Asia.
Panorama Destination was present at WITF at PIK Jakarta from 2–4 October and will also be participating at ITB Asia 2024, held at Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 23–25 October. Top of our promotional agenda will be popular locations such as Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok.
If you’re intending to visit the show, please drop by to see us at Booth no. C51.
This month is set to be another busy one, with anticipated pax handling increasing significantly compared to October 2023. Most of our bookings for the month ahead come from Europe, South Africa and North America, while travellers from ASEAN markets also remain a consistently strong demographic.
October certainly is a popular time for visiting Indonesia, with many airlines – such as Korean Air and Thai Airways – increasing their schedule to double daily flights in the middle of the month to meet demand. Aeroflot has also added two new weekly flights direct to Bali from Moscow. All in all, these changes bode well for the months ahead, and for Indonesian tourism in general.
Finally, this month we will also see the inauguration of our newly elected president, Prabowo Subianto, who will officially take office on 20 October, 2024. We hope he will continue to move the nation forward, and build on the successes of the previous administration, particularly in regards to sustainable tourism development.
Best regards,
Ricky Setiawanto,
Director of Business Development, Panorama Destination Indonesia.
Destination digest: Indonesia news in brief
A few bitesize news stories and tourism developments making the headlines in Indonesia in recent weeks:
Indonesia supports G20 Belem Declaration on sustainable tourism
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has expressed support for the Belém Declaration produced by tourism ministers and related representatives at the G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting held in Brazil on Saturday (September 21, 2024). The declaration covers six main areas, namely tourism and sustainability; the G20 Tourism Dashboard; human resources development; micro, small, and medium enterprises and tourism destination management; investment in sustainable tourism; and cooperation and concrete actions for the future.
(source: ANTARA)
Tourism Ministry ramp up promotion for IKN as new destination
The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is ready to promote the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) and the surrounding tourist destinations. “This will be one of our major programs going forward, as we must promote the new Nusantara Capital City and some of the surrounding tourist destinations, and we will start uplifting the tourism in the area,” said the Director of Tourism Marketing Regional I at the ministry, Wisnu Sindhutrisno, in Jakarta on Friday, 20 September 2024, as quoted in Antara.
(source: Tempo)
Thirteen million foreign tourist arrivals from January to August 2024
Indonesia recorded 13 million foreign tourist arrivals from January to August 2024 out of the total 17 million arrivals targeted for this year. The average expenditure of foreign tourists while travelling in Indonesia has reached USD1,500 per visit, according to Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno. “This achievement is around 50 percent higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic (period),” Uno stated on the sidelines of the 1st International Tourism Quality Conference in Bali, Friday.
(source: ANTARA)
Indonesian government working to ensure foreign tourists are free from Mpox
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has affirmed that the Indonesian government has made several efforts to ensure international tourists are free from mpox to check the transmission of the disease. “The Ministry of Health found several cases in Indonesia and these findings were responded to by the government by bolstering checking at the country’s entry gates, including at airports,” said Nia Niscaya, an expert at the ministry, at a weekly press conference held in an online-offline format in Jakarta on Monday, 2 September 2024.
(source: Tempo)
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