A Flying Start for Regional Tourism

Tourists from Malaysia and Singapore are flooding Indonesian tourist destinations, facilitated by the availability of direct flights.

Tempo

May 6, 2014

JESSIE was on a shopping spree. Together with her family, this tourist from Singapore was shopping for clothes at the Jetset Factory Outlet in Dago, Bandung. Within half an hour the 28-year-old was carrying a dozen items to the cash register. "It's inexpensive, has good quality, and still in fashion," she said to Tempo in March.

Mahmud Hasan, 42, was enjoying another side of Bandung. The Malaysian tourist was more interested in visiting the Asia-Afri

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