Denpasar (Antara Bali) - The number of visits by foreign tourists to Bali surged 21.18 percent to 4.07 million in the first ten months of the year from 3.36 million in the same period last year.
"Those coming by air totaled 4.01 million with the rest by sea," head of the regional office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Adi Nugroho said here on Friday.
The regional tourism office has set target for the number of visits by foreign tourists to the country's main tourist destination at 4.2 million this year.
Adi Nugrho said he was optimistic the target would be reached by the end of this year.
In 2015, the number of visits by foreign tourists totaled 4.001 million , up 6.24 percent from 3.76 million in the previous year , slightly exceeding the target of 4 million visits.
Adi Nugroho said in October alone the number of visits of foreign tourists to Bali totaled 432,215 with the Ngurah Rai airport accounting for 423,140 visits with the rest recorded by seaports.
The number rose 16.99 percent from the same period last year , but down 3.03 percent from September 2016.
Adi Nugroho said an increase was recorded in the number of visitors from nine of ten main countries of origin with a decline was recorded only in the number of visitors from Malaysia. The number of visitors from Malaysia dropped 6.33 percent to 142,616 in the first ten months of the year.
Nine other countries of origin included Australia which accounted for the largest number of the visitors . The number of visits from Australia rose 16.16 percent from 822,127 visitors in the first ten months of 2015 to 954,957 visits in the same period this year.
The second largest number was from China up 36.26 percent to 820,345 visitors , followed by Japan with visitors up 3.78 percent to 199,443, Britain , up 33.37 percent to 185,307 visitors , France up 27.80 percent to 147,413, India up 57.60 percent to 143,464, the United States up 27.85 percent to 138,808 visitors, Germany up 29.24 percent to 134,168 and South Korea up 0.17 percent to 124,052 visitors. (WDY)
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"Those coming by air totaled 4.01 million with the rest by sea," head of the regional office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Adi Nugroho said here on Friday.
The regional tourism office has set target for the number of visits by foreign tourists to the country's main tourist destination at 4.2 million this year.
Adi Nugrho said he was optimistic the target would be reached by the end of this year.
In 2015, the number of visits by foreign tourists totaled 4.001 million , up 6.24 percent from 3.76 million in the previous year , slightly exceeding the target of 4 million visits.
Adi Nugroho said in October alone the number of visits of foreign tourists to Bali totaled 432,215 with the Ngurah Rai airport accounting for 423,140 visits with the rest recorded by seaports.
The number rose 16.99 percent from the same period last year , but down 3.03 percent from September 2016.
Adi Nugroho said an increase was recorded in the number of visitors from nine of ten main countries of origin with a decline was recorded only in the number of visitors from Malaysia. The number of visitors from Malaysia dropped 6.33 percent to 142,616 in the first ten months of the year.
Nine other countries of origin included Australia which accounted for the largest number of the visitors . The number of visits from Australia rose 16.16 percent from 822,127 visitors in the first ten months of 2015 to 954,957 visits in the same period this year.
The second largest number was from China up 36.26 percent to 820,345 visitors , followed by Japan with visitors up 3.78 percent to 199,443, Britain , up 33.37 percent to 185,307 visitors , France up 27.80 percent to 147,413, India up 57.60 percent to 143,464, the United States up 27.85 percent to 138,808 visitors, Germany up 29.24 percent to 134,168 and South Korea up 0.17 percent to 124,052 visitors. (WDY)
Editor : I Gusti Bagus Widyantara
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