Indonesia is substantiablly sensitive about a weak IDR because of Asian Financail Crisis. Indonesia is the sole nation which has experienced the political change caused by Asian Financial Crisis. As the result of this, Indonesia has sometimes conducted the new currency or financial policy which has focused on only the worth of Rupiah, and it has made company’s activities non-economical. However, generally speaking, the currency or financial policy and economical policy are inseparably related to each other as like FDI encouraging Indonesia’s productivities and utilized for the long term and fixed capital formation. As the conclusion of this, it can be said that Indonesia should think of IDR based on not short sighted policy but more economical policy, and look back their target of being GDP Top 10.

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This paper promotes to analyze issues on hospitality industry based on legacy management theories, rather than sociology, culture, informatics, geograothy, civil engineering, or history. It could pioneer a new perspective of ideas, research and practice beyond the insutry boundaries like manufacturing, service, and hospitality.

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The criteria of tourists are widening more and more due to the expansion in the number of FITs (free individual tourists). These tourists, who use smartphones, require a variety of experiences that are tailored to them and use local service providers. In this paper, a method to determine tourists' characteristics is explored in terms of the bell-shaped and non-bell-shaped distribution of their evaluation of their experiences. A survey was conducted to collect data from such a method. The results show that the average tourism experience consists of bell-shaped experience (71.4 percent) and non-bell-shaped experience (28.6 percent). Finally, the balance between bell-shaped and non-bell-shaped distribution is discussed in terms of enhancing tourist experiences.

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