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Indonesia planning for potential loss of up to 60,000 tourist arrivals amid Middle East crisis
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Indonesia's Tourism Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to staying on course in achieving 2026’s target of 16 million to 17.6 million foreign visitors.
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JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry is preparing measures to anticipate a potential loss of 60,000 inbound tourists as the United States-Israeli war on Iran wreaks havoc on the global travel industry.
The closure of Iranian airspace since the initial salvo of attacks on Feb 28 has disrupted flights across six major aviation hubs, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Jeddah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia and Muscat in Oman.
