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While other Southeast Asian countries are making it easier and cheaper for tourists by offering visa-free entry, Indonesia is going in the opposite direction by doubling its visa fees. If tourism and the hospitality industry suffer as a result, and people lose their jobs because fewer tourists are coming, the people who made these decisions may already have been promoted by then.
Increasing state revenue is easy if all you do is keep raising fees, customs duties, and taxes. But where will all this additional revenue actually go? Based on past experience, it is not particularly difficult to guess.
While other Southeast Asian countries are making it easier and cheaper for tourists by offering visa-free entry, Indonesia is going in the opposite direction by doubling its visa fees. If tourism and the hospitality industry suffer as a result, and people lose their jobs because fewer tourists are coming, the people who made these decisions may already have been promoted by then.
Increasing state revenue is easy if all you do is keep raising fees, customs duties, and taxes. But where will all this additional revenue actually go? Based on past experience, it is not particularly difficult to guess.
