With Vistara starting direct flights to Bali, Indonesia, a country of 17,000 islands is now much more accessible to the budget traveller. Indian nationals can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 14 to 30 days and can extend their stay for an additional 30 days. Note that visitors must hold tickets for a return/onward journey.
Not many know that ‘Indonesia’ stems from the Greek words Indos and Nesos (literally, Indian islands). For very long, the country was known as the Malay Archipelago and it was in 1850 that James Richardson Logan first mentioned the term ‘Indonesia’ as a synonym for Indian Archipelago in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia.
Now, Indonesia with its pristine beaches, glorious mountains, sacred holy temples, lively nightclubs is a popular tourist destination known for the beaches in Bali, diving sites in Bunaken, Lake Toba, Mount Bromo in East Java, national parks in Sumatra, temples in Borobudur and Prambanan, among several other scenic locations.
Source: Hindustan Times
