Hints and tips for booking a suitable hotel for your Indonesian family holiday.

Indonesian cuisine highly rated by CNN Go travel magazine, but perceived to need promotion.

Garuda promotes foreign direct investment in Indonesia, in an unusual way.

What the rich and famous are doing in Indonesia this New Year’s, and what are they not doing in Aceh.

What locals think are the best hotels in Indonesia, the 2011/2012 Indonesian Travel and Tourism Awards.

Going bananas; Indonesian trade representatives ask why they can’t export fruit to Australia.

Whose visit contributed more to economic/social conditions in Bali – Barack Obama or Paris Hilton? You decide.

An intelligent young woman on the discourse and interplays of how things are constituted and gendered.

Komodo Island and its unique Komodo Dragon have been named one of the New 7 Wonders.

Flying over remote areas east has a local journalist questioning the supposed friendliness of Indonesians.

The continuing adventures of competitors on “The Amazing Race” in Yogyakarta.

Andreas Harsono on whether Muslim journalists cover up or distort stories of religious violence.

The joys of traveling by train, and a new way to book Indonesian train tickets online.

On the legal, economic, cultural and political issues of hot versus frumpy air hostesses.

Young Americans run riot around the scenic spots of the Yogyakarta area in “The Amazing Race”.

The conundrum of a feminist woman seeking love, and the dismal male specimens on offer.

Indonesia Matters welcomes Indonesia’s new Tourism Minister: Dr Mari Elka Pangestu.

Surabaya’s Juanda Airport shows it’s no flash in the pan, retaining its crown for Best Airport Toilets.

The “top choice” hotels of Bali and Lombok, as judged by Lonely Planet.

No looking back; the final installment of J. Eijkelboom’s story “The Retreat”.

Scenes from slum life in Jakarta as a poor family does battle with globalisation.

City of culture, Yogyakarta, takes home the coveted Green Region awards for 2011.

Which Indonesian banks are most suitable for an expat’s needs? Find the answers here.

On Indonesian Independence Day, reflections on Sukarno’s attitude to west Papuan self determination.

Indonesian non reactions to the killing spree by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway.

The Balinese in the late 19th century: their gentle priests; the fear they inspired; their bewildering language; eccentric foreigners among them.