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Competitiveness Of Tourism In Indonesia

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Introduction
Indonesia as a country with a rich culture, thousands of islands and the various culinary has a great potential to support the increasing of foreign exchange through tourism. Data of The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (2015) reported by the World Economic Forum (WEF) show that category of the competitiveness of tourism in Indonesia was ranked 50th out of 141 countries and ranks 38th for tourism human resources category.
Number of foreign tourists in February 2015 reached 768.653 visitors to Indonesia. This number grew 11, 95 % compared to February 2014, amounting to 702.666 tourists. The number of tourist arrivals to Indonesia in April 2015 reached 749, 9 thousand visits, up 3, 24 percent compared to April 2014 the number of foreign tourists was recorded at 726, 3 thousand visits. Meanwhile, when compared with March 2015, the number of foreign tourists visiting April 2015 decreased by 5, 03 percent (BPS, 2015).
BPS data and Pusdatin Ministry of Tourism (2015) states, foreign tourists visiting cumulatively from January to February 2015 amounted to 1.509.692 foreign tourists, up 3, 71% compared to the same period last year. It can be seen in 16 major markets, including the five largest markets, such as China as many as 218.023, 201.585 of Singapore, Malaysia as many as 175.540, Australia and Japan as much as 169.318, 82.666. The fifth most major markets contributed approximately 60% of the total foreign tourists visiting Indonesia. Quoted from Indonesia
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