Indonesia weighs cost of Yogyakarta closure during eruption

Indonesia’s closure of Yogyakarta Adisucipto International Airport due to the eruption of Mount Merapi is estimated to have lost the region’s tourism industry IDR17 million (USD1880) per day (Xinhua, 30-Nov-2010). The airport was closed for a week.

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