Indonesia

Nowhere else in Indonesia’s economy are the costs and benefits of government efforts to boost value-added industries more apparent than in the mining sector. In the past, the state was content to allow international and domestic outfits a degree of latitude in determining the most effective way to profit from the extraction of lucrative...

The world’s fourth-most-populous nation, Indonesia boasts unique cultures, World Heritage Sites, pristine beaches, unparalleled diving and some of the world’s rarest wildlife. Its tropical climate and balmy temperatures of between 28°C and 34°C in coastal areas and 23°C in the mountain areas, with little variation from one season to the next,...

Bali is Indonesia’s tourist juggernaut; a tropical island whose unique Hindu culture and natural beauty entranced a generation of artists in the early 20th century and fuelled the development of a tourism industry virtually unmatched in South-east Asia.

For decades, Singaporeans and Malaysians were the leading visitors to Indonesia, but as the government embarks on plans to increase the number of tourists and the industry’s contribution to GDP, it is looking beyond its South-east Asian neighbours. Top of its list is China, home to more than 1bn people. According to market research group GfK,...