History

History 

The field of tourism-related services may have evolved since ancient Indonesia, especially ancient Java in the 8th century; Some relief panels in Borobudur illustrate the scene of a beverage seller, a kind of shop, a diner, or a restaurant, and there are buildings in which there are people drinking and having fun, presumably describing a drink house or lodging. Indonesia has a historical record of tourism culture since the century since the 14th century. Kakawin Nagarakretagama notes that King Hayam Wuruk has circled the Majapahit Kingdom, which is now an area of East Java, using pedati with a procession of state officials. Travel Note Bujangga Manik, a rural Hindu proprietor of Pakuan Pajajaran written in the fifteenth century recounts his journey around the islands of Java and Bali. Although the journey is a pilgrimage, but sometimes he spends time like a modern traveler: sitting, fanning his body and enjoying the scenery in the Peak, especially Mount Gede which he calls the highest point of the Pakuan area.

After the entry of the Dutch to Indonesia at the beginning of the 19th century, the Dutch East Indies began to develop into an attraction for the immigrants who come from the Netherlands . The governor general at the time decided on the establishment of a tourist bureau called Vereeeging Toeristen Verkeer whose office building was also used for the airline Koninklijke Nederlansch Indische Luchtfahrt Maatschapijj (now called KLM ). Hotels began to appear such as Hotel des Indes in Batavia, Hotel Oranje in Surabaya and Hotel De Boer in Medan. In 1913, Vereeneging Touristen Verkeer developed a guidebook on Indonesian tourist attractions. Since that time, Bali became known by foreign tourists and the number of foreign tourists arrivals increased by more than 100% in 1927. On July 1, 1947, the Indonesian government sought to revive Indonesia's tourism sector by establishing a body called HONET (Hotel National & Tourism) Headed by R. Tjitpo Ruslan. The agency immediately took over hotels - hotels located in the area around Java and entirely renamed Hotel Merdeka. After the Round Table Conference, the agency was renamed NV HORNET. In 1952 in accordance with the decision of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, the Interdepartmental Affairs Committee was established to explore the possibility of reopening Indonesia as a tourist destination. 

Mascot Year Visit Indonesia Indonesia 1992.

During the New Order period, the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia grew slowly. The Government once held a program to increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia called the Year of Visit Indonesia. This program increases international tourist arrivals by up to 400,000 people. In addition, in 1992, the government launched the Indonesian Visit Decade, the annual theme of tourism until 2000. 

International confidence in Indonesian tourism has begun to decline in the 2002 Bali bombing incident causing the decline of tourists coming to Bali by 32%. Other terror acts such as the 2003 JW Marriott Bombing , the Australian Embassy bombing , the 2005 Bali Bombing and the 2009 Jakarta Bombings also affected the number of foreign tourists arriving in Indonesia. This terrorist act in Indonesia resulted in the issuance of travel warnings by some countries such as Australia and Great Britain in 2006.

In 2008, the Government of Indonesia held the Visit Indonesia Year 2008 program to increase the number of domestic and foreign tourists to Indonesia, besides this program as well as to commemorate 100 years of national awakening of Indonesia . Funds spent on this program amount to US $ 15 million, mostly for domestic and foreign advertising programs. The result of this program is an increase in the number of foreign tourists reaching 6.2 million tourists compared to the previous year of 5.5 million tourists.

In an effort to increase the number of tourists to Indonesia, the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism continued the "Year of Visit Indonesia" program in 2009 with a target of 6.4 million tourists and foreign exchange earnings of 6.4 billion US dollars, while the movement of domestic tourists is targeted 229, 95 million trips with total expenditure of more than 128.77 trillion rupiah. The program is focused on "meetings, incentives, conventions and performances as well as marine tours". In 2010, the Indonesian government re-launched "Indonesia Visit Year and Year Visit Museum 2010". This program is conducted to encourage public awareness of the museum and increase the number of visitors to the museum. In 2011, the Indonesian government designated Wonderful Indonesia as the new brand management of Indonesian tourism, while for the tourism theme selected " Eco, Culture, and MICE ". The tourism logo still uses the logo "Year of Visit Indonesia" which was used since 2008.

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