Indonesia is making efforts to create world-class tourism destinations for vegetarians, according to Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya.
The country has launched large-scale advertising campaigns to attract more foreign tourists with a hope of making tourism the biggest foreign exchange source for the econom
y, the minister said.
A number of tourists visit the Lombok Kuta Beach, West Nusa
Tenggara, Indonesia (Source: en.tempo.co)
Indonesia is named in the top 20 vegetarian-friendly countries.
According to the Global Vegetarian Index issued by the UK-based Oliver’s
Travels, it ranked 16th among 183 vegetarian-friendly countries, with 438
vegetarian restaurants.
Arief Yahya said vegetarian tourism sites are mostly based in Belitung
archipelago, with organic gardens and favourite vegetarian food.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, there are about 500 million vegetarians
worldwide, including 350 million in India and 50 million in China.
The five biggest tourist markets of Indonesia are China, India, Europe,
Australia and Singapore, which boast the populous vegetarian communities.
China tops the list, with 2.2 million people visiting Indonesia last year. It
was followed by India with 485,000 visitors.
Source: VNA
The danger from the COVID-19 pandemic is still latent, threatening people’s health and lives in the context that the immunity provided from the COVID-19 vaccine has decreased. Many other dangerous diseases are also likely to break out when the global vaccination rate slows down, due to inequality in access to health services, vaccine hesitancy, and consequences of economic recession.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is witnessing a rise in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research (Maybank IB Research).
The respect paying ceremony for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong continued on the morning of July 26 at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, with high-level delegations from foreign countries and international organisations paying their last respects and expressing deep condolences.
A wave of condolences have poured in from world leaders, international organisations, rulling parties, Communist parties and partner parties following the death of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines has expressed her deepest sympathy over the passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and affirmed that he is a revered leader both in Vietnam and across the world.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), on June 5 had a meeting with UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop during her working visit to New York.
.jpg)
