Due the popularity of Bollywood, Indian government was utilized Bollywood as a tool of diplomacy to promote their culture through movies and television series especially in Indonesia.
ndonesia is a country that has national wealth in culture and beauty of tourist destinations. Aware of this capability, Indonesia uses it as a tool to gain its national interest in order to increase economic and social growth of nation.
As part of government institutions, the Ministry of Tourism has an important role to assist the President in running the government, especially in the tourism sector.
Tourism is an important sector in growing national economy. For Indonesia, it stands as one of the top five contributors of foreign exchange.
The Indonesian government's policy regarding 30% local content requirements on 4G LTE-based smartphones has received sharp attention from the WTO (World Trade Organization).
Foreign affairs relations since the 21st century is developing rapidly and increasingly sophisticated.
The significant contribution of the global tourism sector towards a large portion of economic and human resources development has generated Indonesia sees its potential to utilize its abundant cultural elements and natural wealth through tourism promotion activities that aim to gain public awareness and acknowledgment upon Indonesian culture from the international audience.
Economic diplomacy in practice in Indonesia become one of the priorities of foreign policy under the presidency of Joko Widodo - Jusuf Kalla.