Overview 

Indonesia comprises more than 17,000 islands, over 300 ethnic groups, 51 national parks and can boast the third-largest level of biodiversity in the world. It seems clear then that the country has huge potential in terms of its tourism sector.[1] Indeed, President Joko Widodo recently positioned tourism as one of the leading sectors of the national economy,[2] particularly in terms of its foreign exchange (devisa) contributions, which have been on a significant upward trend during the course of the past five years.[3] Moreover, during the next year, 20 million foreign tourists and a foreign-exchange contribution of USD 17.6 billion are being targeted by the sector.[4]