Thanks to the brand new route, the variety of Russian tourists is predicted to extend to over 100,000 this yr.
Nearly 70,000 Russians visited Indonesia in January-November last yr, up 20 percent from the identical period a yr earlier, in response to the newest data from the Ministry of Tourism. Meanwhile, 14,000 Indonesians visited Russia in 2015.
The Jakarta-Moscow route is an element of Garuda’s expansion plan for 2017. The airline previously announced that it should also fly from Jakarta to Los Angeles via Tokyo.
According to the Russian ambassador, the provision of direct flights to Moscow should improve relations between the 2 countries, especially within the economic and tourist spheres.
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