goverment announces 10 new destination brands to support wonderful indonesia

The government has announced 10 new destination brands to support the Wonderful Indonesia campaign in an attempt to attract 15 million foreign tourists in 2017 and 20 million in 2018.

The 10 destinations are Bandung, Bali, Jakarta, Riau Islands, Joglosemar (Yogyakarta, Surakarta and Semarang), the Coral Wonders (Wakatobi, Bunaken and Raja Ampat), Medan, Makassar, Lombok and Banyuwangi.

 “The infrastructure at the 10 destinations is the most prepared to receive tourists. Therefore, we need to brand them to boost tourist arrivals,” a senior Tourism Ministry official in charge of  overseas tourism promotion, I Gde Pitana, said as reported by Antara on Wednesday.