Tourists from many countries can now
make travel plans in less than 24 hours as Indonesia waives visa
requirements for about 45 countries.
The Indonesian government said Friday it
has officially waived visa requirements for tourists from 45 more
countries, allowing them to stay in the country visa-free for up to 30
days.
The government says visa-free travel is
offered to citizens of several countries and special administrative
regions in consideration of the importance of reciprocity and benefits.
Citizens are allowed to stay for 30 days but the visit permit can’t be extended or changed to other stay permits.
Citizens from the member states of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as from several other
states could already travel to the country visa-free, but the complete
list of visa-free states and territories is now:
Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar,
Brunei, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, Chile, Morocco,
Peru, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Russia, South Korea, Japan,
United States, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany,
France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden,
Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic,
Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and South Africa.
Australians, the third-largest group of
foreign visitors after Singaporeans and Malaysians according to the
latest available Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, will still need a
visa to enter the country, although tourists can buy one on arrival.
Indonesia aims to increase the number of
foreign tourists through the visa-free policy to 11 million this year
from 9.44 million last year.
