INDEF: China Potentially Contributing To Most Tourists For Indonesia Amidst Global Receivables 2023

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JAKARTA - The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) said China would be the country that could contribute the most tourists to Indonesia's tourism growth in the midst of a global recession in 2023. Executive Director of INDEF Tauhid Ahmad said, China is one of the countries that has not experienced a recession and has only experienced a slowdown in economic growth. "China is not experiencing a recession, it is slowing down (economic growth) from 3.6 to 4 percent, usually (China) grows 6-7 percent, even more, and its tourists to (Indonesia) are also quite a lot," Tauhid said in the Webinar 'New Paradigm of Indonesia Tourism Industry Trend 2023' with Tiket.com online, Tuesday, December 13. However, Tauhid said, Chinese tourist visits to Indonesia will continue to increase if the lockdown policy currently being implemented, will be lifted in the next year. "So if for example the lockdown still occurs in 2023, then tourist visits to (Indonesia) are small, but if it turns out that the lockdown is starting to be lifted, it will definitely be a lot," he said.

Furthermore, said Tauhid, Indonesia also has a number of other alternatives to attract tourists in the midst of the upcoming global recession, one of which is to focus on domestic tourists. "I think the solution is, the first is how to strengthen domestic tourists, the second is ASEAN or Asia, then America," he said. More than that, he also said that international events could have an influence on the growth of foreign tourists to Indonesia, if the implementation is carried out in Indonesia. "International events that can then be brought to Indonesia, will be very good. For example, international meetings that are usually held in Malaysia, Singapore, as much as possible are moved to Bali or whatever I think this will be the driving force for international tourists to return to (Indonesia) again," he concluded.