History of Hotels in Indonesia

A history of hospitality in Indonesia has not been revealed, nor has a lot of books that reveal the problem. Indonesia has been known in the world of tourism since before World War I, but the number of tourists who visit are still fairly thousands. Along with the development of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia require a more tourist accommodation facilities are inadequate, then during the Dutch colonial rule, come further hotels in Indonesia.

From the book TOURISM INDONESIA FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD listed hotels are already present at that time includ :

 Hotel Des Indes (Jakarta) 

 Hotel Der Nederlanden (Jakarta)
 Hotel Royal (Jakarta)
 Hotel Rijswijk (Jakarta)
 Hotel Oranje (Surabya)
 Hotel Du Pavillion (Semarang)
 Palace Hotel (Malang)
 Slier Hotel (Solo)
 Grand Hotel ( sekarang Hotel Garuda ) (Yogyakarta)
 Hotel Savoy Homann, Hotel Preanger (Bandung)
 Pension Van Hangel ( kini Hotel Panghegar ) (Bandung)
 Hotel Salak (Bogor)
 Hotel de Boer (Medan)
 Hotel Astoria (Medan)
 Grand Hotel (Makasar) 
 Staat Hotel (Makasar)

Most of the hotels still exist, there being the Herritage, there are already renovated for the better and some that have diredevelopment total so there is no longer its original form, such as the Hotel Des Indes is in its development once the Hotel Duta Indonesia, is now Duta Merlin shops.

After the period of the New Order government, construction and hotels in Indonesia's presence far away and very rapidly growing. Especially after the entry of some chains 'management' that many international hotels spread to major cities in Indonesia. Along with the development of hotels in Indonesia, the face of architecture hotels in Indonesia was highly developed and Find innovative. However, it is becoming a new historical benchmark for hotels in Indonesia.