{"id":480525,"date":"2026-06-07T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/480525\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:52:09","slug":"slumping-rupiah-makes-indonesia-irresistible-for-malaysian-tourists-shoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/480525\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumping rupiah makes Indonesia irresistible for Malaysian tourists, shoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/indonesia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indonesia<\/a> has always been a favourite travel destination for Malaysians and visitor numbers are expected to increase with the neighbouring country\u2019s currency hitting a record low.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Melaka Tourism Association president Madelina Quah said the low rupiah presents an advantage for Malaysians travelling and shopping in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThis will translate to cheaper holidays, shopping for weddings and buying of raw materials for imports against exports\u2019 competitiveness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cYounger Malaysians prefer destinations such as Lombok, Bali, Yogyakarta and Komodo Island. This is because they are more adventurous, preferring the outdoors while the older generations opt for Jakarta, Bandung, Baku, Surabaya and Yogyakarta for the shopping experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Friday, the rupiah hit a record low at 18,050 against the US dollar.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It crossed the key 18,000 level on Thursday, marking its 10th consecutive week of declines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesia has always been a favourite travel destination for Malaysians and visitor numbers are expected to increase with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17386,137470,78141,114,85,1445,46,75170,222730,222732,222733,12437,222735,149456,222734,222731,24533,2252],"class_list":["post-480525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bali","tag-bandung","tag-brunei","tag-business","tag-il","tag-indonesia","tag-israel","tag-jakarta","tag-komodo-island","tag-lombok","tag-madelina-quah","tag-malaysia","tag-malaysian-inbound-tourism-association","tag-melaka","tag-melaka-tourism-association","tag-mint-leong","tag-rupiah","tag-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}