* Tourism represents some 5% of GDP and 6% of jobs in G20 countries.
* Global tourism services exports amount to US$ 3 billion per day.
* Tourism is the main growth & trade driver for the world’s poorest countries.
* The travel sector can be a leader in the response to climate change.
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Bali, Indonesia, 1 April 2009 ” Nearly 450 participants from 66 nations, two territories and nine international organizations gathered in Bali to address the important issue of tourism as a tool to create job opportunities. The tourism industries continue to be one of the most dynamic sectors of economic activity, generating a wide range of benefits including foreign exchange earnings and a growing contribution to the GDP which in some cases reaches over 10%.
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Visitor arrivals to Indonesia on February 2009 have reached 421,555 arrivals or growth of -9.43%, compared to the same month in the previous year reached 465,449 arrivals.
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26-29 March,2009

Initiated in 1993, Guangzhou International Travel Fair has been held successfully for 16 sessions. Nowadays, it has grown into an important tourism event for promoting, branding and reaching business deals.
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Visitor arrivals to Indonesia on February 2009 have reached 421,555 arrivals or growth of -9.43%, compared to the same month in the previous year reached 465,449 arrivals.
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The Jakarta Post

Ferry crossing linking Padangbai in Bali and Lembar in Lombok will be closed on Thursday in observance of the Hindu’s Day of Silence, Antara news agency reported Wednesday.

Operator PT Indonesia Ferry said that ferry crossing between the two islands would return to normal on Friday.

“I’m sure all passengers and users are already aware of this planned closing,” said Kaimuddin Maliling, head of PT Indonesia Ferry’s Lembar branch.

Indonesia Ferry operates six ferries to serve the Padangbai-Lembar route.

During the day of silence, which falls on Thursday, the Bali administration bans fires, electricity and the operation of motor vehicles and the like.

Source : TheJakartaPost.com

Press Release : Indonesian-Embassy.de

After South Korea, Malaysia, the Maldives and Papua New Guinea, Indonesia was awarded on the fifth place the prize “The Best Exhibitor Award” for the Asia, Australia and Oceania region. Design, service communication and special features of the Indonesian pavilion at the ITB Berlin 2009
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Press Release : Indonesian-Embassy.de

Indonesia is the second-most popular destination in Asia for tourists. Go Asia, a German market research initiative for Asia, established this following a survey and awarded Indonesia with the Go Asia Award in Berlin on 11 March 2009. This brings Indonesia to the top of the most valued tourist destinations in Asia after Thailand and before Malaysia.
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Workshop “Promoting Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia”
Press Release : Indonesian-Embassy.de

The Director General for American and European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Ambassdor Retno L.P. Marsudi, underlined that the Government of the Republic of Indonesia respects the international efforts to use environmental approach as the mainstream of economic policies of the governments of the countries in the world.
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