Jakarta, March 11 -- The Ministry of Tourism is encouraging efforts to improve cleanliness at tourist destinations to raise Indonesia's tourism ranking.

According to deputy for the development of event organizers at the Ministry of Tourism, Vinsensius Jemadu, in cleanliness and health, Indonesian tourist destinations still rank relatively low.

After a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday, he said that Indonesia still ranks 89th out of 114 countries in terms of the cleanliness and health aspects of tourist destinations.

According to Jemadu, the government is seeking to move up the ranking to the top 60 or even, the top 50.

"To go up two to three (ranks) from the target is very difficult," he said.

The Ministry of Tourism is currentl...