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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to grant visa-free access to citizens of 20 countries – the United States, China, Australia, India, South Korea, Germany, Britain and France – in order to stimulate tourism and the economy, its tourism minister said. THURSDAY.
The government will finalize the list of countries included in this provision within a month, according to a statement.
Minister Sandiaga Uno said the president had asked the government for visa waivers as a way to boost the economy, tourist visits and investment.
There were more than 16 million foreign arrivals in Indonesia in pre-pandemic 2019, according to official data.
From January to October this year, Indonesia received 9. 49 million foreign visitors, an increase of 124. 3% over the same period in 2022.
Indonesia is the latest Southeast Asian country to waive visas for China, a major tourism market, after Singapore, which announced on Thursday that a 30-day mutual visa waiver with China would be implemented early next year.
Thailand and recently Malaysia have also waived visas for visitors from China and India.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty)