Indonesian Cruises Tour, Sailing in July 2022
Good news, the cruises in Indonesia will officially leave in July 2022. Indonesia's cruise tourism has great potential in increasing the number of foreign visitors in Indonesia. The presence of cruise tourism not only presents the potential of tourist destinations in Indonesia, but also as an effort to recover the economy and create employment.
To realize Indonesia's cruise tourism, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf) cooperates with the largest cruise managers in Singapore, namely Royal Caribbean and Resort World Cruises.
Several touristic destinations that are a priority for cruise excursions include: Batam Island, Bintan Island, Surabaya, Bali, Belitung, Lombok.
The plan, Cruises Genting Dream of Resort World Cruises will start sailing in July 2022 and December 2022, with 1700 rooms over a total capacity of 3500 rooms. Meanwhile, Royal Caribbean Cruises offers 4,800 rooms across Benoa (Bali) and Lombok.
Going forward, cruise tourist destinations in Indonesia will continue to be developed to other top destinations. By continuing to improve and optimize maritime infrastructure, Indonesia is expected to become a destination for many cruise ships, both regionally and internationally.
Illustration of Cruise Tour Packages in Indonesia. (Photo: shutterstock/lisastrachan).
Cruise Tour Packages in Indonesia
The presence of cruise tourism may increase the number of touristic visits in Indonesia. In fact, Indonesian cruise tourism has been estimated to increase the number of visits to a destination to 2,000 to 3,000 tourists.
In order to increase the number of visitors, it will also allow to know the travel habits of all tourists who come. The objective is to allow tourists to stay longer and improve the quality of expenditure of foreign tourists in Indonesia.
One of these is to provide tours of special interest around areas that cruise ships pass, like diving in Bali and Wakatobi. The pattern of traveling from Bali to Wakatobi for diving special interest tours is considered very potential, considering that both areas are already famous for their underwater beauty among domestic and foreign tourists.
Furthermore, Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf will also offer cruise packages to all visitors. One of the tour packages offered is to visit and stop in North Bali, considering that so far the tourism sector and the creative economy, there have not been optimally exploited, even though they have great potential.
The existence of cruise tourism should bring and promote tourist destinations in Indonesia. This will provide as many business opportunities and jobs as possible to kick-start the economy and tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cover: Illustration of the cruises in Indonesia. (shutterstock/dwicreativebali).
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