LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia -- When I told two friends that I was planning a trip to Indonesia's Aceh province, they both said the same thing: "Oh. I don't think of Aceh as a tourist destination."
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A boy sells balloons at Ujong Blang Beach in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia, during Eid al-Fitr in May 2022, the holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. © Getty Images
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