Indonesia
Indonesia straddles the Equator between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. While it has land borders with Malaysia to the north as well as East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the east, it also neighbors Australia to the south, and Palau, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand to the north, India to the northwest.With 18,110 islands, 6,000 of them inhabited, Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. About 261.1 million (2016 world Bank)people live in this fourth most populous country in the world — after China, India and the USA — and by far the largest country in Southeast Asia by an area of 1,904,569 square kilometres.Indonesia also has the largest Muslim population in the world.The capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta.The currency is indonesian rupiah and official language is Indonesian.The literacy rate is about 94%.
The climate of Indonesia is almost entirely tropical. The uniformly warm waters that make up 81% of Indonesia's area ensure that temperatures on land remain fairly constant, with the coastal plains averaging 28 °C, the inland and mountain areas averaging 26 °C, and the higher mountain regions, 23 °C. Temperature varies little from season to season.In general, temperatures drop approximately 1°C per 90-meter increase in elevation from sea level with some high-altitude interior mountain regions experiencing night frosts.
The major attractive places of indonesia are Borobudur,Tanah Lot,Prambanan,Uluwatu Temple,Mount Rinjani,Bali Safari and Marine park, sanur Bali ,Istiqali Mosque, Jakarta, Patenggang Lake,etc.
Compared with many places in the world, Indonesia is fairly safe for travel.
Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its foreign exchange revenues. The vast country of sprawling archipelago has much to offer; from natural beauty, historical heritage to cultural diversity. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, the direct contribution of travel and tourism to Indonesia's GDP in 2014 was IDR 325,467 billion (US$26,162 million) constituting 3.2% of the total GDP. By 2019, the Indonesian government wants to have doubled this figure to 8 percent of GDP and the number of visitors needs to double to about 20 million.The tourism sector ranked as the 4th largest among goods and services export sectors.Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia, and Japan are the top five sources of visitors to Indonesia.