In 2019, Russia became the leader among European countries in terms of the growth of tourist traffic to Indonesia. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Indonesia tourism Office in Russia (Visit Indonesia Tourism Office (VITO Russia), the largest Muslim state in the world was visited by about 160 thousand Russian citizens last year.
"The tourist flow from Russia to Indonesia reached a historic high in 2019. According to official statistics from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, 158,943 Russian tourists visited the country in 12 months. Compared to 2018, an increase of 26.4% was recorded. Thus, in terms of the growth rate of tourist traffic to Indonesia, Russia again took the first place among European markets and the third place among all world markets, "the message reads, in particular.
In total, last year, Indonesia, as noted, received 16.1 million foreign citizens, which exceeded the numbers for 2018 by two percent. The largest number of tourists were citizens of Malaysia, China, Singapore and Australia.
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