Moscow-Denpasar direct route boosts Russian tourist arrivals

Direct flights between Moscow and Indonesia's resort island of Bali have boosted tourism in the Southeast Asian archipelago, said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi. "The increase in Russian tourists in 2018 was 6.95 percent from 117,500 in 2017 to 125,700 people," Wahid said, as quoted by kompas.com. He added that that was the result of efforts by various parties, including tour operators, tourism agents, media companies and airlines in promoting Indonesian tourist destinations to the Russian public. Wahid said the opening of direct flights between Moscow and Bali's capital of Denpasar by Russian airline Rossiya Airlines in October 2018 was a key factor for increasing the number of Russian tourists.