JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration seeks to rebuild the capital city’s reputation for safety to revitalise its tourism amid a downturn of foreign tourists visiting in the past few months.
According to the Jakarta Office of Statistics Indonesia , the number of foreign tourists visiting Jakarta in 2019 has been on a decline since August and that continued until November. Data from December is not yet available.
Although a downward trend from midyear onward can also be seen in previous years, as visitors usually peaked in July or August, month-to-month comparisons from 2016 to 2019 showed that foreign visits from August to November hit an all-time low last year. “We are hoping that holding an international-scale event like this will restore people’s perception that Jakarta is safe; that is the most important , ” Cucu said on Thursday, adding that the administration would do its best to bring people to actively take part in the event, understanding that there had been a backlash from the public following massive floods that hit Greater Jakarta last week.
Baiquni explained that the world economy was slowing down and that was coupled with the greying population of Americans and Europeans, affecting the choices of these foreign tourists – many would opt to travel to nearby countries rather than ones much farther away.That is also why it would be more strategic to try to attract visitors from other Asian countries.
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