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View all search resultsRI to lose 60,000 foreign visitors to Mideast crisis: Tourism Ministry
The government is preparing a host of measures to buoy the tourism industry as the economic fallout from the Middle East crisis begins impacting air travel via rising fuel costs.
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Domestic and foreign visitors watch the sun rise on July 23, 2014, from the summit of Borobudur Temple in Magelang regency, Central Java. (JP/Tarko Sudiarno )
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he Tourism Ministry is preparing measures to anticipate a potential loss of 60,000 inbound tourists as the United States-Israeli war on Iran wreaks havoc on the global travel industry.
The closure of Iranian airspace since the initial salvo of attacks on Feb. 28 has disrupted flights across six major aviation hubs, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Jeddah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia and Muscat in Oman.
The airport disruptions have contributed to the cancellation of around 770 flights to Jakarta, Bali capital Denpasar and North Sumatra capital Medan, according to the ministry.
As a result, Indonesia could lose up to 60,000 international visitor arrivals, along with a fall in potential foreign exchange earnings of around Rp 2.04 trillion (US$120.6 million).
“Global geopolitical dynamics are putting pressure on the tourism sector. However, we will continue to take mitigation steps to maintain the national tourism target,” Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana said in a statement on Wednesday.
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The ministry also cited mounting pressure from surging global energy prices.
