Indonesia tourism sector tumbles as country struggles with pandemic

Putra, a 15-year-old performer wearing a large puppet figure called "Ondel-ondel", donning a face mask, walks on a street during a performance at a densely residential area in Jakarta, amid the spread of coronavirus disease outbreak in Indonesia on Monday (May 4). - Reuters

JAKARTA: The number of foreign holiday makers visiting Indonesia plunged further by 64.11% to 470,898 people in March annualized, as the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has halted travellers from travelling, an agency said on Monday (May 4).

The number of foreign tourist arrivals nudged lower 28.9% to 885,067 people in February on the yearly basis, the Indonesian National Agency of Statistics announced on Monday.