by Gary Chandler | Nov 13, 2022 | Indonesia
Indonesia Hosts G20 Summit All eyes are on Bali as it welcomes world and business leaders to Southeast Asia’s first G20 summit. Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s only G20 member state, and is the first nation in the region to host the annual leadership summit....
by Gary Chandler | May 11, 2022 | Indonesia
Indonesia A Major Destination For Ecotourism Sumatra is the only place on earth where tigers, elephants, orangutans, and rhinos share the same island. The Leuser Ecosystem World Heritage Site on the island of Sumatra also is home to clouded leopards, pangolins,...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 5, 2020 | Indonesia
Bali’s Economy Hit Hardest Indonesia suspended its visa-on-arrival policy to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus in the archipelago. The move will effectively shut down the country’s tourism industry, bringing the same economic pain already...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 11, 2019 | Indonesia
Ecotourism An Untapped Opportunity Indonesia attracted a record number of foreign tourists last year. It hopes to top those results in 2019. Foreign tourist arrivals reached 15.8 million in 2018, 13 percent more than a year earlier. Malaysian...
by Gary Chandler | Aug 10, 2018 | Indonesia
Indonesia’s World-Class Scuba Diving Indonesia has some of the best scuba diving and snorkeling destinations in the world. Wakatobi National Park is one of the most fascinating diving destinations in all of Indonesia. Wakatobi (pronounced WAHK-kah-TOH-bee)...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 2, 2017 | Indonesia
From Jungles To Jakarta Indonesia is a very large and diverse country. With 18,110 islands, 6,000 of them inhabited, it is the largest archipelago in the world. The population of 240 million people is composed of about 300 ethnic groups who speak more than 250...