Jakarta, March 27 -- Deputy Minister of Tourism, Ni Luh Puspa, has said she believes that graduates from tourism schools have opportunities to work on the global stage.

According to a press release received from the ministry here on Thursday, she informed that 99 percent of students at the Lombok Tourism Polytechnic, West Nusa Tenggara, have expressed the desire to work abroad.

She made the statement during a discussion with Deputy Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Christina Aryani, at the tourism polytechnic.

Puspa said that considering the huge opportunities to work overseas in the tourism sector, it is important to prepare for them, for instance, by gaining foreign language skills, obtaining permits, and sec...