"It Needs an Source of Instant Foreign Exchange to Encourage the Indonesian Economy" According to BI
WartaJurnal . . Bank Indonesia (BI) said the government needed an instant source of foreign exchange to encourage domestic economic growth. One potential source of instant foreign exchange is the tourism sector. "To overcome the current account deficit, it is necessary to find foreign exchange sources that are instantaneous," said Deputy BI of Surakarta Representative Office for Regional Economic Advisory and Development Taufik Amrozy in Solo, Central Java, Friday. He said that so far there have been enough examples of countries that have succeeded in relying on the sector for a better economy, including Malaysia and Thailand. According to him, the Indonesian government has been quite successful. Evidently, in the 2017 "World Top 25 Destination", Bali was ranked first. At that time, continued Taufik, Bali was able to defeat New York, Paris, and London which had been the favorite tourist destination of tourists. "This means that Indonesia is able to compar...