WEF Travel and Tourism Competitive Index 2015:
Indonesia climbed 20 rungs to 50th place
Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism recently
announced that Indonesia has succeeded in rising 20 rungs to 50th place overall
from its previous position at no. 70 from among 141 countries evaluated by the
World Economic Forum (WEF).
In 2014 some 8.8 million international visitors
came to Indonesia due to the government’s national prioritization of the
industry (ranking 15thplace on this
item) and continued investment in infrastructure.
Indonesia’s mobile network today also covers
all areas of this sprawling archipelago; its air transport infrastructure has
been expanded now reaching 39th position with ground transport at 77th.
These developments support Indonesia’s main
competitive advantages which are: price competitiveness (3rd place) and rich natural resources (19th),
including its amazing biodiversity (ranking 4th on the Total known species
indicator) as well as a number of the country’s heritage sites (10th).
On the other hand on the more negative side,
WEF assessed that given the country’s and tourism’s dependence on natural
resources, however, Indonesia is not placing enough emphasis on environmental
sustainability (given a low 134th place). Deforestation (97th) is also endangering species (129th), and
only a minimal fraction of the water used is treated (117th). There are also
concerns relating to safety and security, specifically the business cost of
terrorism (104th).
My opinion :
Indonesia is a country with abundant natural beauty. An example is bromo, cool
mountain nature and surrounded by mountains of sand making domestic and foreign
tourists flocked to make bromo as a tourist destination.
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