Indonesia
The Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia comprising of 17,508 islands with a population of 222 million people and rising which is the world's fourth most populous country. The nation's capital city is Jakarta and the country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the seventh century, when the Srivijaya Kingdom traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually adopted Indian cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources.
Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited with the five largest islands being Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo), New Guinea (shared with Papua New Guinea), and Sulawesi. The capital, Jakarta, is on Java and is the nation's largest city, followed by Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, and Semarang.
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Tourism figures illustrate that Bali is currently recording record numbers of visitors. 
