(3/8/2004)
Bowing to pressure and harsh criticism from tourism operators, the Government has added 14 additional sea and air ports to the list of international gateways able to grant visas-on arrival to the citizens of 21 selected countries and territories. The new ports announced in a decision by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights on February 17, 2004, brings to 29 the ports designated as gateways able to process the new pay-on-arrival visas.
New Airports
The airports added to the list are:
Halim Perdana Kusuma in Jakarta
Adisucipto in Yogyakarta
Adisumarmo in Solo
Selaparang in Mataram, Lombok
Sepinggan in Balikpapan, Kalimantan
Hasanudddin in Makasar, Sulawesi
Eltari in Kupang, Timor
The airports already enjoying the visa-on-arrival facility are:
Medan
Pekanbaru
Padang
Jakarta
Surabaya
Bali
Manado
New Sea PortsThe additional seaports now eligible to grant visas on arrival are:
Teluk Bayar in Padang, Sumatra
Bitung
Tanjung Balaikarimun
Tanjung Mas in Semarang
Tenau in Kupang
Pare Pare in Sulawesi
Soekarno-Hatta in Makassar, Sualwesi
The Seaports already granting the visa facility are:
Batam
Tanjung Uban in Bintan
Belawan in Medan, Sumatra
Sibolga in Sumatra
Dumai
Padang Bai in Bali
Jayapura in Papua
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