Foreign Tourist Arrivals in June Up

By Barrie | August 2nd, 2007 | No Comments

The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia in June rose 12.33 percent from the previous month`s figure because of the summer holiday season in several regions in Asia, America and Europe.

“The month (of June) was indeed a peak period because many foreign people were taking their summer holidays,” the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Rusman Heriawan, said here Wednesday.

He said a total of 151,100 foreign tourists came to the country through Bali.

The number of foreign tourists coming through 15 entry points in the first semester of this year ( January-June) reached 2.14 million or rose 12.33 percent from 1.91 million recorded in the same period last year as the article in the Antara News explains.

Rusman hoped the EU flight ban on Indonesian airlines and travel warnings from a number of countries would not significantly affect tourist arrivals in the country.

He said the number of foreign tourists from the US in the period reached around 59,000, from Australia 116,000 and from Europe 148,000.

Tourists from Singapore totaled around 500,000 in the period, from Malaysia 283,000 and from Japan 215,000, he said.

So, more tourists from Asia came to the country in the period than from the US, Australia and Europe, he said.

According to the BPS, the occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in 10 tourist destination regions in the country in May this year was recorded at an average 48.60 percent, up 1.87 points from April.

“The tourists stayed an average of 2.22 days in May which is an increase of 0.08 days compared to April,” he said.