<article>Indonesian online travel platform <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/traveloka/">Traveloka</a> on Thursday announced its official launch in Australia in its first expansion outside of Southeast Asia.</article>

Indonesian online travel platform <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/traveloka/">Traveloka</a> on Thursday announced its official launch in Australia in its first expansion outside of Southeast Asia.
The travel unicorn has started offering flight ticket reservation, accommodation, flight and hotel packages, airport transportation, as well as attractions and activities to users in Australia via its app and website.
The Indonesian unicorn has joined hands with local tourism programme Wonderful Indonesia for the launch. In a statement, Traveloka said that data in 2018 showed that Indonesia was ranked second after New Zealand as a destination of choice for Australian outbound tourists. During the year, about 1.3 million Australian tourists visited the Southeast Asian country, according to Indonesia&#8217;s statistics bureau. This year, the figure is expected to increase by 15 per cent.
“Today we are very enthusiastic to be able to add new countries outside of Southeast Asia. In general, Australia is a country that has better infrastructure in terms of internet connection, payment and adoption, so we hope that our digital presence in Australia can further enrich lives of our users by empowering them to discover the world around them by offering a various travel and lifestyle products in one platform,” said Yady Guitana, head of global partnership at Traveloka.
Edy Wardoyo, deputy of marketing development for the Indonesia Ministry of Tourism, said that the government&#8217;s goal of attracting 20 million foreign tourists will not be achieved if it does not synergise with industry players.
“The Australian market itself is one of the promising tourism markets, where foreign tourist visits from Australia to Indonesia continue to increase year on year. Traveloka&#8217;s decision to open in the Australian market is very important to help in facilitating travel access and answer the diverse travel needs of users,” added Wardoyo.
Besides Australia, Traveloka has opened a new R&amp;D facility in India but it does not offer commercial services in the country.
The OTA company has to date raised over $500 million in funding from investors including <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/expedia/">Expedia</a>, <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/hillhouse-capital/">Hillhouse Capital</a>, <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/jd.com/">JD.com</a>, <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/sequoia-capital/">Sequoia Capital</a>, Global Founders Fund and <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/east-ventures/">East Ventures</a>.
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The launch of its services in Australia marks its first expansion outside Southeast Asia. 

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