As many as 12,023,971 tourists visited Indonesia in 2016 or increased by 15.5 percent compared to the figure in 2015 that reached 10,406,759 people. In the meantime, based on the report of The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) of 2017, according to Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya, Indonesia’s tourism competitiveness index is at number […]

On the second day of his working visit to Papua, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (10/5) is scheduled to leave for Wamena, Jayawijaya, to visit Trans Papua road project site. “Tomorrow, we will see the project of road construction connecting Wamena with Kenyam,” the President said during the inauguration of Skouw Border Post in […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo, on Tuesday (9/5) paid a working visit to Skouw Cross-border Post (PLBN) in Skouw, Muara District, Jayapura, Papua, and distributed Healthy Indonesia Card (KIS), Smart Indonesia Card (KIP), Supplementary Feeding (PMT), and Aspiring Family Program (PKH). The President asserted that supplementary feeding is really […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo stated that we need seaports given Indonesia is a vast archipelago with 17,000 islands. “Therefore, the Government is giving priority to seaports such as in Tapaleo. This is our priority, Alhamdulillah, it took three years to be completed,” President Jokowi said when inaugurating the seaports of Tapaleo, Wayabuka in Morotai Island, […]

The Government officially disbanded a mass organization, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), considering that this organization does not have a positive role in development process to achieve national goals. The announcement of the disbandment was delivered by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto in a press conference at the office of Coordinating Minister […]

After being conferred with a traditional title called “Kapiteng Lau Pulo”, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo, on Sunday (7/5), attended the peak event of Mappanretasi Marine Culture and Sea Offering Ceremony in Pagatan Beach, Tanah Bambu, South Kalimantan. The President admitted that he was delighted to attend the […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said the Government could disband anti-Pancasila community organizations in order to keep law and order in the society. However, the disbandment of those organizations, the President said,  is not to hinder the democratization process in Indonesia.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the Government will continue to make breakthoughs on maritime sector in order to catch up with other countries and to evoke our marine potentials so that its greatest benefits can be felt by our people. The President added that the breakthoughs in maritime infrastructures, such as the development of […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo inaugurated affordable housing for low-income people, at Sukajadi Village, Sukakarya Subdistrict, Bekasi Regency, West Java, on Thursday (4/5) afternoon. There are 8,749 housing units to be built in this 105-hectares landed housing which name is Villa Kencana Cikarang. This project is part of the program to provide one million houses for […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo argued that the economic potential of Indonesia’s marine and fishery sectors are very enormous worth US$1.33 trillion or equivalent to Rp19,000 trillion more. However, if the management is just routine, monotonous, and no breakthroughs are made, this figure cannot be reached. “10 percent is already good, let alone it has reached […]