Nusa Dua, Bali, April 17 -- Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa said that upstream to downstream fiscal incentives provided by the government to anticipate the increase in aviation fuel prices are aimed at boosting national tourism sustainability.

"We are optimistic that tourism will remain well maintained," Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa said at the Bali Tourism Polytechnic Campus, here on Friday.

She added that on the upstream side, the government has established fiscal incentives in the form of Value Added Tax (VAT) borne by the government of 11 percent for economy class tickets.

President Prabowo Subianto, she continued, has instructed that airplane ticket prices be kept at a maximum range of 9-13 percent.

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