THE CONTRIBUTION OF ASEAN TOURISM FORUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIA’S TOURISM DESTINATION 2011 – 2015

Abstract

Nowadays, tourism power has become a tool for development and change that reach a wide range of social, cultural and economic goals of a country. This has been well recognized by ASEAN since the establisment of ASEAN Tourism Forum which aims to develop the regional tourism and promote it as a single destination. Tourism cooperation is certainly a golden opportunity for Indonesia that has abundant of natural resources. By using the perspective of Neoliberal Institutionalism and Complex Interdependence, the writer analyzed the contribution given by ASEAN Tourism Forum towards Indonesia within 2011 – 2015, as well as to see how well does Indonesia adopted the strategic plan from the forum. This research used qualitative method which includes observation from reliable sources such as official documents, books and academic journals. As a result, the implementation of the strategic plan turns out to be very useful for Indonesia in terms of promoting and setting out solutions as well as enhancing Indonesia’s tourism growth. This progress is indicated by the rapid development of Indonesia tourism during the implementation of the plan. Thus, this strategic plan is considered successful and in accordance with what is needed for Indonesia.