DEPUTY Minister of Culture, Giring Ganesha, has emphasized the importance of preserving Subak or the traditional irrigation management system of Bali amid development challenges on the island. “These challenges...
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INDONESIA PARTICIPATES IN WTM 2024 TO STRENGTHEN OF FOREIGN TOURIST VISITS
THE INDONESIAN Ministry of Tourism is participating in the World Travel Market (WTM) London 2024, which will take place at Excel, London, England, on November 5-7, 2024. This is an effort to strengthen the achievement...
ASIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S HERITAGE MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION
WHAT INSPIRES you to travel throughout Asia? Is it the food, the culture, the people, or all of the above? For us, it’s always the latter. The continent is home to many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, each a perfect...
WHY ARE TRAVELERS AFRAID OF GETTING THE SSSS CODE ON THEIR BOARDING PASS?
HAVE you ever received the “SSSS” code on your boarding pass? Travelers find the code scary because it means extra security screening for passengers who get it. That’s what happened to Jordyn Verzera...
THAILAND’S TOURIST TAX PLANS IN MID-2025, STARTING WITH AIR PASSENGERS
THAILAND plans to introduce a 300-baht (about IDR140 thousand) tourist tax starting mid-2025. The tax will first be imposed on travelers arriving by air. The Bangkok Post reported last week that Tourism and Sports...