MONACO, Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With more than 17,000 islands, hundreds of ethnic groups and one of the world’s richest marine environments, Indonesia sees maritime tourism as a major opportunity for the country’s future. That ambition brought H.E. Widiyanti Putri Wardhana, Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia, to the Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Rendezvous, where she opened the sessions earlier in the week and presented Indonesia’s vision for developing a stronger and more sustainable maritime tourism sector. But the scale of the Indonesian archipelago also creates a complex challenge: developing maritime tourism requires infrastructure, skills, safety standards and a coordinated approach to sustainability across a vast and diverse territory.