Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Some six million foreign tourists visited
Indonesia since the issuance of presidential regulation number 21 of
2016 concerning visa-free facilities for foreign citizens from 169
countries, an official said.
While 4,095,264 tourists came from 15 countries which have
reciprocal agreements with Indonesia, 2,881,945 tourists came from 144
countries without any such pact with Indonesia, chief of the public
relations services of the directorate general of immigration, Heru
Santoso, elaborated at a meeting with journalists here on Friday.
"Admittedly, the figure is still far from the government-set target
of 20 million tourists per year, but I believe it will further increase
in the future," he stated.
He noted that no tourists visited from 10 countries in this list of
169 countries. These ten countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi,
Czech Republic, Gabon, Haiti, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Lesotho,
Puerto Rico and Saint Lucia.
"I think the promotion campaign still needs to be intensified," he added.
The directorate general of immigration also handled 135 criminal
cases (pro justitia) in the first half of 2016, he said, adding at least
three foreign nationals were involved in the cases.
"They committed immigration related crimes. In 2015, five foreign nationals were involved in such cases," he informed.
The office also recorded 4,715 cases of immigration administration
violation in the January-June 2016 period. The cases involved 117
citizens from countries eligible for visa-free facilities, he
disclosed. (WDY)
Over Six Million Tourists Visit Indonesia
Sabtu, 16 Juli 2016 8:11 WIB