Indonesian State-owned port operator Pelindo II and publicly listed developer PT Jababeka have struck a deal to develop a cruise ship terminal and resort areas in Tanjung Lesung in Banten.
MNC Land plans to convert 2,000 hectares into four and five-star hotels, villas, a theme park and other supporting infrastructure for the leisure business in around 20 to 30 years.
As a natural consequence of the "land grab" its predicted that a large number of condotels will be built along all of Bali’s beaches in the coming few years.
This is a guest contribution from Eric Levy and Fred Patet of Tourism Solutions International.
With new airlines flying to Lombok, we expect international arrivals...
Indonesia is home to potential tourist destinations but unfortunately did not provide enough facilities. “The industry is still struggling and infrastructure development is very slow,”
A spatial planning analyst warned development in green areas in Bali were growing at an alarming rate. The local administration lacked a clear overview of its spatial planning,
Regulations passed in 2009 required “legal” villas to offer a minimum of five rooms, hold all necessary business licenses, offer on-site property management, 24-hourse service and security protection.
Natuna and Anambas are two clusters of islands located 1,300 kilometers north of Jakarta. Nestled in the South China Sea, the islands are mere dots in the vast expanse of the blue ocean.
The provincial government of Bali has written the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) requesting that no new investment licenses be issued for hotel projects in Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar.
Bintan will become Garuda’s sixth hub in Indonesia after Jakarta, Denpasar in Bali, Makassar in South Sulawesi, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan and Medan in North Sumatra.
Belitung island has been on the news recently. Not only for its tourism aspirations but also as one of Indonesia's top emerging domestic destinations. A destination to keep an eye on.
Taiwan and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding in December 2012 covering the joint development of Morotai, the largest island of the resource-rich Maluku archipelago in eastern Indonesia.
The implementation of a moratorium on new hotel development in Bali’s southern regions is considered to have failed, as the regional administrations keep issuing permits for new hotel projects.
A global travel search site, Skyscanner, predict a number of regions in Indonesia, which will begin to be a popular Indonesia domestic tourist destination in 2014.
Academics and experts said Sunday that development in Bali should return to the principle of a people’s economy rather than being based on investor interest.
New hotels continue to be built in southern Bali as the moratorium was rejected by the regents and city mayor, who have the authority to issue hotel permits.
South Korea's Samsung wants to build a bridge between the free trade zone island of Batam and its neighboring island of Bintan in the province of Riau Islands.
The Big Boat Quay (BBQ) will undoubtedly increase Superyacht traffic to Bali and allow them to remain for much longer periods; an increasing trend throughout the visiting Superyacht community.
Syarifuddin said that those problems are lack of clean water supply, standard dock, transportation and power supply, either for tourism and residential sectors.
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Located in Kuta, Lombok on a 9800m2 site adjacent to the Mandalika project site with magnificent ocean views of Tanjung Aan.
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"BTDC has signed a lot of agreements with various investors to develop hotels and even a Formula One race circuit. But none of the agreements has become reality."
The government of Indonesia is inviting foreign and domestic investors to invest in the country's small islands and coastal areas in order to make these locations more attractive for tourism and other sectors.
This MoU covers the second phase of Destination development in Indonesia supported by the Secretariat for Economic Affairsm of the Swiss Confederation.