TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post

12 countries issue travel advisories following terrorist attacks

Twelve countries have issued travel advisories for their citizens in Indonesia.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, May 16, 2018

Share This Article

Change Size

12 countries issue travel advisories following terrorist attacks Heroes Monument in Surabaya, East Java. (Shutterstock/File)

T

welve countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, have reportedly issued travel advisories for their citizens in Indonesia following recent terrorist attacks in Surabaya and Sidoarjo in East Java.

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said on Wednesday as quoted by kontan.co.id, that issuing travel advisories was a country’s responsibility to alert its citizens.

Read also: Tourism Ministry to provide regular updates following terror attacks

Arief said travel advisories meant a country was still safe to visit, explaining that there were three levels of alerts, namely travel advisory, travel warning and travel ban.  

He also explained that several countries issued travel warnings last year amid Mount Agung’s eruption in Karangasem, Bali, with island seeing a loss of up to 1 million tourist arrivals.

Arief said the recent bomb attacks could cause a similar loss.

The minister expressed his hope that the situation in Indonesia would return to normal soon. (jes/kes)

{

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Enter at least 30 characters
0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.