Indonesia's tourism brand, Wonderful Indonesia, had received a prestigious award from an influential travel media outlet Travel Weekly Asia, a statement released by the Tourism Ministry said on Oct 17. The best destination marketing award 2016 was announced last week at a media event in Singapore.

The Wonderful Indonesia brand got the award for the tremendous positive response given by Travel Weekly Asia readers, the statement says.

"This is a gladdening achievement. Wonderful Indonesia gets more and more appreciations. They praised on how we organize the marketing of tour destinations," says Risky Handayani Mustafa, the tourism ministry official who received the award.