Indonesian Embassy Oslo Follows Travel Expo 2025 To Increase Norwegian Tourist Interests To Indonesia

Stan KBRI Oslo at the Travel Expo 2025 Norway. (Source/KBRI Oslo/Kemlu RI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Embassy in Oslo, Norway is participating in the Travel Expo 2025, to increase tourists in the country visiting Indonesia.

In the largest tourism exhibition in Norway, it was held at the NOVA Spectrum, Lillestrom on January 10-12, the Indonesian stand featuring traditional dances was crowded with visitors.

"Our target by participating in this exhibition is to continue to increase the number of tourists from Norway to Indonesia. Over the past few years, the number of tourists from Norway to Indonesia has tended to increase, and in 2024 the figure is almost reached before the pandemic," said Indonesian Ambassador Oslo Teuku Faizasyah, in a statement from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday, January 13 evening.

Based on BPS data, in 2019 the number of Norwegian tourists to Indonesia reached 23,886 people. After falling due to the pandemic, the number slowly but surely began to rise again. As of November 2024, the number of Norwegian tourists to Indonesia reached 20,140 people.

Not only tourism promotions, Indonesian stands also serve Indonesian coffee and display gamelans to attract the attention of visitors. They can taste coffee while trying to play gamelan.

To be more effective in promoting tourism, the Indonesian Embassy in Oslo collaborates with travel Pilgrim Adventure companies that focus on selling tour packages to Indonesia.

Morten from Pilgrim Adventure said his experience at the exhibition this time was much better than before. He gets a lot of contact that has the potential to be his customer.

"Many visitors want to know more about Indonesia," said Morten.

Indonesian dances are performed on the main stage on the second day of the exhibition. The Indonesian Children's dance group performed the Manuk Rawa dance from Bali, while the Peacock Dance Group showed the Flying High dance from Kalimantan.

Travel Expo 2025 was attended by more than three thousand visitors, not only from Norway but also neighboring countries such as Denmark and Sweden.

One of the visitors who had been to Indonesia in 2019, Merete, expressed his enthusiasm for Indonesia.

"I am a lucky woman because I have gone to Indonesia. I have been to Bali and Kalimantan, and I really like it. I dream of being able to return there," he said.

Meanwhile, another visitor, Louise, was very excited to tell her experience of visiting Indonesia for two weeks in 2017. The 72-year-old woman even showed photos of her visit to Indonesia that were still neatly stored on her smartphone.

"I really like it. We went to a small island outside Jakarta, staying at a house built on the water. The atmosphere was very calm and peaceful," he said while showing photos of Ayer Island.