Jakarta: The Indonesian government will waive visa requirements for 30 countries as early as next month to boost the country’s foreign exchange income from the tourist industry, as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo broadens the size of his economic package to support the ailing rupiah.
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said on Monday that the revision of the visa-free list could attract at least one million new foreign tourists to the country and an additional foreign exchange income of US$1.2bil (RM4.43bil) on the assumption each tourist spent US$1,200 (RM4,433) during his or her stay.
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