Indonesia plans to build another international-class cruise ship terminal in the capital of Jakarta as an effort to boost cruise tourism industry in the archipelago country, the Jakarta Post reported here on Wednesday.

A feasibility study on the construction of the new terminal had been conducted and the construction would be started next year, said Sahat Simatupang, head of Tanjung Priok Port Authority office in Jakarta.

"We expect to finish the feasibility study by the end of this year so that we can prepare designs for the cruise terminal in 2013," Sahat said.

He said they had met with a number of investors who expressed interest in the new terminal.

"This is a very positive sign for this [particular] project, as well as for the future of cruise tourism in Indonesia," Sahat said.

Recent data from the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry shows that as of June this year, cruise ships had put in 198 port calls, bringing about 137,000 passengers to Indonesia. The data also shows that last year, the country's ports recorded 189 calls from international cruise ships, bringing in about 132,000 passengers. The country's largest international-class cruise terminal is located in Bali.

One of the world's largest cruise liners, Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Sea, made a stop in Bali's Benoa Port in February, bringing more than 6,000 tourists to the island.

The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia in May rose by 8.45 percent to 650,900 people on yearly basis, according to the Statistic Bureau.

Last year, Indonesia foreign tourist arrivals rose to 7.65 million people, higher than the 7.0 million people in the previous year, the bureau said.

The Indonesian tourism industry has recovered from the impact of terrorism, and epidemics.