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
.
.`
Destination

Greece’s golden visa: A pathway to European residency

High-net-worth individuals see investment migration as an excellent way to improve global mobility, secure wealth, boost climate resilience and increase options in terms of where they can live and conduct business.

1 year ago
Destination

Invest in Portugal’s golden visa and unlock visa-free access to Europe

Across the globe, interest in Portugal as a residence and investment destination is growing, and Indonesian investors are no exception.

1 year ago
Destination

Coronavirus turns Gili Trawangan into desert of abandoned resorts

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered almost all the resorts and restaurants across Indonesia's Gili Islands, famed for their turquoise waters, sandy beaches, and diverse marine life.

2 years ago

The Latest

Destination premium

Thailand prepares to welcome back tourists after devastating shutdown

But the steamy metropolis, the world's most-visited city before the pandemic, will take some time to get back to its pulsating, intoxicating old self, industry experts say.

2 years ago
Destination premium

As Malaysia's Langkawi reopens, Bali tourism looking for an uptick

The first batch of 159 travellers from the capital, Kuala Lumpur, arrived eager for a vacation after a monthslong, nationwide lockdown imposed to address one of Asia's highest per-capital coronavirus infection rates.

2 years ago
Destination premium

Retired Boeing jet perched on Bali cliff to lure tourists

More than a dozen workers used cranes to assemble parts of a Boeing 737 on a cliff near the Nyang Nyang beach this week.

2 years ago
Destination

Super cruise ship sets sail from Saudi for first time

The MSC Bellissima, a vessel longer than three football fields, departed for the first in a series of voyages from Jeddah Islamic Port to Aqaba in Jordan and Safaga in Egypt.

2 years ago
Destination

Taj Mahal reopens as India eases pandemic restrictions

Infections and deaths soared to record levels in April and May, overwhelming health services in some places and prompting lockdowns and other curbs.

2 years ago
Destination

Spain to allow all vaccinated travellers in from June 7

"From June 7, all vaccinated people and their families will be welcome in our country, Spain, regardless of their country of origin," Sanchez said at an international tourism fair in Madrid. 

2 years ago
Destination

Huge Titanic replica to open as Chinese tourist destination

The project's main backer was inspired to recreate the world's most infamous cruise liner by the 1997 box office hit of the same name -- once the world's top-grossing film and wildly popular in China.

2 years ago
Destination

Knights Templar legacy lives on in Cyprus

Down steep, narrow and uneven stone stairs in the fort of Limassol is a low-vaulted room lined with tombstones of medieval knights.

2 years ago
Destination

Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old 'lost' city near Luxor

At the site near Luxor, home of the legendary Valley of the Kings, workers carefully carried ancient pots and showed human and animal remains dug up from the earth as members of the media toured around curved brick walls and rudimentary streets.

2 years ago
Destination

Nissin Foods' Cupnoodles Museum opens in Hong Kong

The Cupnoodles Museum Hong Kong, opened Tuesday by a local subsidiary of Nissin Foods Holdings Co. in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui area of Kowloon, is designed to be a new tourist attraction with three factories to experience the production of Cup Noodles, Demae Iccho instant noodles and Granola.

2 years ago
Destination

Disneyland in California to reopen April 30

Disneyland Park -- the world's second-most visited theme park -- and neighboring Disney California Adventure Park will allow visitors at "significantly limited" capacity.

3 years ago
Destination

New Yorkers rediscover city's pandemic-deserted tourist spots

At 10:00 am (1500 GMT) on a recent Friday, barely ten people were on Liberty Island's roughly 200-metre (650-ft) promenade, staring up at the Statue of Liberty.

3 years ago
Destination

Binge-shopping soars in "China's Hawaii," fuels demand amid pandemic

The island is being promoted as somewhere Chinese who are unable to travel overseas because of the coronavirus pandemic can head for binge shopping, making it a model for the expansion of domestic demand linked to the world economy that Xi hopes to achieve in the future.

3 years ago
Destination

South African wine 'paradise' finds success by going its own way

Not for nothing are vineyards in Hemel en Aarde carving out a global reputation among wine lovers seeking a fresh, distinctive flavour.

3 years ago
Destination

Tour the 'Silence of the Lambs' home and spend the night

The home, constructed in 1910 in Perryopolis, a suburb of Pittsburgh, stands three stories and offers 2,300 square feet of space.

3 years ago
Destination

Omanis revive memory of village swallowed by desert

Salem al-Arimi, originally from the area, looked out nostalgically over the expanse.

3 years ago
Destination

Moroccan village riffs on Hendrix legends and myths

Some claim to have seen him, others to have spoken with him -- 50 years after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's untimely death, a village on Morocco's Atlantic coast pulsates with his memory.

3 years ago
Destination

Virtual tour explores Thousand Islands regency

Thousand Islands regency is often seen as a convenient travel destination during the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

3 years ago
Destination

New cultural experience: Scandinavian food in most Korean setting

Authentic Scandinavian dishes are offered on Royal Copenhagen porcelain, offering a cuisine unfamiliar to many Koreans at perhaps the most Korean place.

3 years ago
Destination

Taean offers idyllic beach getaway in COVD-19 times

Site of worst oil spill in Korea is back in business with safety measures against coronavirus.

3 years ago
Destination

Jeju Island is a sanctuary in virus times

Jeju Island is a popular travel destination this summer. 

3 years ago
Destination

Dark tourism memorial sites will help us heal from the trauma of coronavirus

Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic will become our shared, if not contested, heritage.

3 years ago
Destination

Search for birds of paradise in Indonesia, and you’ll find so much more

Long before COVID-19 sent us all indoors, I had dreamed of traveling by boat to West Papua and the Raja Ampat islands to discover the area’s pristine reefs, karst formations, and those bewitchingly colorful birds of paradise.

3 years ago
Destination

Forget the Taj Mahal and pink Jaipur, take me to the chaos of Kolkata

As great world cities come and go, Calcutta came and went. I just can’t wait to get back.

3 years ago
Destination

Bondi Beach to reopen for surfing as Australia virus cases slow

Swimmers and surfers will return to Sydney's famed Bondi Beach next week, almost six weeks after it was closed amid a spike in coronavirus cases, officials announced Wednesday.

3 years ago
Destination

Glimpses of the past at Arundel

Time seemed to stand still in Arundel, as the River Arun flowed on its stately path through this quaint town.

3 years ago
Destination

Time travel into Korea’s history

Only hundreds of meters away from the palace Gyeongbokgung in central Seoul, time travel into Korea’s history can begin in a temple enshrining Tangun, who founded the first kingdom of Korea in 2,333 BC.

3 years ago

Latest Videos