New Zealand Scolarship

Otago University – Commerce Tourism

Despite of Indonesia is categorized as developing countries and faced some challenges that
need to be solved, Indonesia offers natural beauty which attract many foreigners and local
travelers to travel and explore in this attractive tourism destination. According to World
Travel Tourism Council, the direct contribution of travel and tourism sectors in Indonesia
was IDR 259,583 billion in 2017 (1.9% of GDP) which rose gradually over year since 2009
until today, and it is forecasted by 5.2% in 2019 and so on. Travel and tourism creates many
jobs, drives exports and generates prosperity across the world. As manager of one of travel
agency in Indonesia that offer Labuan Bajo trip, travel industry itself taught me many lessons
about being open-minded person, boost my emphatic and make me excited about life, yet it
is becoming source of income for me, my teams, my partners and local citizens in Labuan
Bajo. Although, my travel agency is specialized in Bali and Labuan Bajo, I ever had a chance
to explore some beautiful places in Indonesia which beyond recognition for many people,
such as Telaga Biru in Tangerang which offers lake colored in turquoise, Tebing Koja or
Godzilla Cave called by locals because it look alike the dinosaur habitat and many more. After
many travel experiences and run the travel business, I found travel is a great opportunity to
prosper local people and grow economic in Indonesia, but tourism area needs to be
developed and promoted extensively in order to sustain in the future. Graduated from BINUS
University majoring in business management may gave me managerial and entrepreneurial
skills, such as communication, problem solving, ethics, human resources management and
presentation skills. However, I acknowledge that I still need International exposure of the
topic that could help to enrich my skills and knowledge in the performance of my duties. I
specifically hope to acquire Master Degree in commerce tourism as it applies to my current
profession because by learning