{"id":79766,"date":"2016-08-11T06:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79766"},"modified":"2016-08-11T06:25:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:25:03","slug":"unwto-praises-indonesias-visa-free-travel-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/11\/unwto-praises-indonesias-visa-free-travel-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO praises Indonesia\u2019s visa-free travel offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_79768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79768\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1014275_399288953523098_695684732_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79768\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1014275_399288953523098_695684732_n.png\" alt=\"The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) logo\" width=\"606\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1014275_399288953523098_695684732_n.png 606w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1014275_399288953523098_695684732_n-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MADRID \u2013 The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) gave its \u201cfull support\u201d to the decision of Indonesia to allow visa-free travel to citizens of 169 different countries and regions on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The new travel offer aims at simplifying travel procedures to attract more international travelers, according to the government\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The UNWTO said that the policy, which allows travelers to remain in Indonesia for a maximum of 30 days, could lead to the creation of between 333,000 and 654,000 new jobs over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>A greater freedom of movement can give an important boost to promoting sustainable growth in developing nations, according to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndonesia is setting an example to the world, and UNWTO welcomes the decision of the Government of Indonesia,\u201d UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai said in a communique issued on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision clearly reflects the commitment of the country with the development of the tourism sector as a driven force of economic growth, jobs and well-being for its people,\u201d Rifai added.<\/p>\n<p>UNWTO and the World Travel and Tourism Council recently launched a report on the impact of Visa facilitation for the states making up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which concluded that improved visa access could lead to between 6- 10 million international tourist arrivals and generate income of between USD7-12 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID \u2013 The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) gave its \u201cfull support\u201d to the decision of Indonesia to allow &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":79768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[262,11898,11897],"class_list":["post-79766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-indonesia","tag-indonesia-visa-free-travel","tag-unwto","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}