Abstract:
Title: Indirect Engagement Towards Australia After The Bali
Nine Case : The Efforts to Increase Australian Tourists to Indonesia (2015-2016)
The bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and Australia is one of the most
important cooperation in the history of international cooperation in the world. In
2015, this bilateral cooperation was restrained because of the execution of two
Australians that were included in Bali Nine case, Chan and Sukumaran, by
Indonesian law. Australia, both the government and the citizens, showing a strong
opposing reaction towards this act by Indonesia by withdrawing their ambassador
and boycotting one of holiday destinations of Indonesia, which is Bali. Whereas,
Australian tourists are one of the majority tourists that come to Indonesia, especially
Bali. In result, in that year, the number of Australian tourists coming to Indonesia
got decreased slightly. Tourism sector is one of the important sector that is being
the primary focus of Indonesian economy enhancement under the presidency of
Joko Widodo. Therefore, in order to revive the number of Australian tourists,
Indonesia engaged to Australia to re-attract and re-build the trust of Australia. This
research has found that the engagement of Indonesia towards Australia through
sport tourism, cooperation between sister cities, cultural festival, trade mission and
trade fair, free visa-entry, and awareness distribution regarding other holiday
destinations beside Bali has proven to attract the Australian tourists to go to
Indonesia. In result, Australian tourists coming to Indonesia got increased in the
following year after the case.
