Jakarta, Dec. 16 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism stated that it is currently focusing on 15 countries as Indonesia's main tourism markets in the 2025-2026 period.

"Empirically and historically, these are the 15 markets that contribute most to foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia," said Assistant Deputy for Tourism Marketing Strategy and Communication at the ministry, Firnandi Gufron, during a press conference here on Tuesday.

The 15 countries are Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. These were selected for their own specific reasons.

He gave an example that the Malaysian market, whic...