Growth of investment in a country heavily influenced by political conditions in that State, why? Because of the political objectives of a country is to create a fair society, safe and prosperous. And investment is one way to improve the welfare of the community. But like the above understanding, prosperity will go hand in hand with the existence of a fair and safe conditions for all people.
Likewise in the world of business and investment, the most fundamental thing is the presence of security guarantees to try, because maybe someone will take the risk to establish or build a business in an unsafe place. Examples of the gold shopkeepers may not be set up business in an area of high kejahatanya level, because if he did, then the risk of loss will be huge, it could store would be robbed or infrequent buyers because it was afraid to leave the stricken area. So the original purpose of these entrepreneurs to invest for profit will not be achieved. Investors will come if the country is creating an investment climate that is conducive or safe.
Learning from Thailand’s political kisruhnya case that happened a few months, we can see from several sides, that the security of a country or a conducive political conditions will greatly influence the country’s investment growth.
Politics and Tourism
During this time, in the field of tourism, Thailand is more developed than Indonesia. This is seen from the number of tourist visits, in Thailand in the year 2009 total visits were recorded at around 10.9 million foreign tourists, even in the year 2008 the number amounted to 14.1 million. Indonesia in the year 2009 while the number of foreign tourists visiting for only 6.5 million tourists. But after the political conflict in Thailand that led to unrest and crisis in the State of the white elephant, the number of visits of foreign tourists decreased. This condition is triggered by the lack of security for foreign tourists, of course, tourists will not come if safety is not guaranteed. Not only that, but it also means limited to Thailand, such as aviation, when demonstrators occupied the airport, a number of international flights canceled keThailand. Even the American consulate closed his office in Thailand, and a number of State issued a ban for its citizens not to visit Thailand. It is irony. As a result of foreign tourists who had been making Thailand as a tourism destination plan to eventually switch the nearest State, that is our country, Indonesia, because Indonesia is considered to have better political stability of Thailand.
This can be seen from the increasing tourist visit to Indonesia. From BPS data on the first three months of 2010 foreign tourists visiting Indonesia had reached 594 200 people or an increase of 16.22% over the same period in 2009. So did the number of hotel occupancy in Bali increased from 70% to 90%, a figure quite fantastic.
Seeing this course will be an opportunity for Indonesia to attract investors to invest in the tourism sector.
Politics and Industry
Chaotic in Thailand is also making its automotive business people also think twice to invest in Thailand. For example Tata Motors Ltd., India’s automotive companies, which decided to cancel the eco car project in Thailand worth seven billion baht (about U.S. $ 150 million). Some companies have started moving operations out of the country. Companies – companies are now seriously studying whether to make new investments in Thailand. Penerbanganpun industry disrupted, because as described above, many international flights were canceled due to blockade the airport by protesters. Obviously this is very detrimental to the growth of Thailand’s investment.
From the above two sectors we can see how much political influence on the growth of a country’s investment and the economy of a State. Surely this is also a lesson for our country, if we want to achieve economic growth and increase the amount of investment coming in, then perlusekali awareness of the government and people to maintain security and political stability to create a conducive investment climate. This is the homework of all parties, especially with a government plan announced the entry of investments 10 000 trillion over five years.