Indonesia–Thailand relations popular destination for Indonesian tourist with 448,748 Indonesians visited Thailand in 2012, ranked 16th of its foreign visitors nationalities. On the other hand, there was 141,771 Thai tourist visiting Indonesia in 2011 ranked 13th. Most of Indonesians are attracted to popular Thai tourist destinations, such as Bangkok Grand Palace, Thai culture, food and nightlife, and also Phuket. Naturally, as a Buddhist nation, Thai visitors are attracted to Borobudur and also Bali. Borobudur, located in Central Java, is the world’s largest Buddhist place of worship. Many visitors to Indonesia from Thailand make this the most popular destination. Indonesia–Thailand relations Indonesia and
Tourist village (Indonesia) Tourist village (Indonesia) In Indonesia, a tourist village ("desa wisata") is a village officially designated as one that welcomes tourism. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta (which includes the Sleman Regency), the concept was embraced around 2000 with dozens of villages being dubbed as tourist villages. According to a 2009 report in "The Jakarta Post" there were 48 tourist villages listed in Yogyakarta, though only ten were actually operating as such, including: Kebonagung, Manding, Krebet, Kasongan (Bantul), Trumpon, Turgo, Ketingan, Brayut, Gamplong (Sleman) and Bobung (Gunungkidul). The designation as a "tourist village" may not mean that the village is actually