The country ranks fourth out of the top 25 destinations in the world in 2018 by travel site TripAdvisor. Indonesia is ranked at seventh place in the list of Lonely Planet's top 10 countries to visit in 2019. The government has also secured commitments from potential investors, totalling US$70 million in the areas of building accommodation, marina and ecotourism facilities in 3 of the 10 areas. As quoted in The Jakarta Post, the government is aiming for 275 million trips by domestic tourists by end of 2019. The government has given priority to 10 destinations as follows: Borobudur, Central Java Mandalika, West Nusa Tenggara Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara Bromo-Tengger-Semeru, East Java Thousand Islands, Jakarta Toba, North Sumatra Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi Tanjung Lesung, Banten Morotai, North Maluku and Tanjung Kelayang, Belitung. In 2016, the government was reported to be investing more in tourism development by attracting more foreign investors. However, the country scored rather low in infrastructure sub-index (ranked 75th), as some aspect of tourist service infrastructure are underdeveloped. The country also scores quite good on natural and cultural resources (ranked 17th). It mentions that Indonesia has quite good travel and tourism policy and enabling conditions (ranked 9th). The 2015 report ranks the price competitiveness of Indonesia's tourism sector the 3rd out of 141 countries. It is a two steps improvement from Indonesia's 2017 position of 42nd out of 136 countries overall with index score of 4.2. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 ranks Indonesia 40th out of 140 countries overall with Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index score of 4.3. Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia, and Japan are the top five sources of visitors to Indonesia. In 2015, 9.73 million international visitors entered Indonesia, staying in hotels for an average of 7.5 nights and spending an average of US$1,142 per person during their visit, or US$152.22 per person per day. On 2019, Indonesia recorded 16.10 million foreign tourist arrivals, seeing a 1.9% per cent increase than that of 2018. Indonesia possesses rich and colourful culture, such as Barong dance performance in Bali.
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