Foreign tourist arrivals increase in Indonesia

Foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia jumped 470.37 percent year-on-year to 809.96 thousand in March 2023, with a recovery in the tourism sector gaining momentum as the economy fully reopened from COVID restrictions.

International arrivals were dominated by visitors from Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Considering the first three months of the year, tourist arrivals surged 508.87 percent from the same period in 2022.

In 2022, tourist arrivals surged 251.3 percent to 5.47 million, exceeding the government's target of 3.6 million visitors, buoyed by an improvement in global travel. The Southeast Asian nation has set a target of more than 7 million visitors this year.