Indonesia Jan-July tourist arrivals 2.57 mln, up 12.9 pct yr-on-yr
September 4th, 2007
JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia rose 12.9 percent to 2.57 million in the seven months to end July from the same period a year ago, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.
Arrivals via Ngurah Rai airport in the resort island of Bali surged 33.7 percent to 953,014 during the period. This makes Bali the most used of the 15 entry points to the country.
Meanwhile, arrivals via Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport declined 0.1 percent to 669,277.
In July alone, the arrivals via the 15 entry points reached 423,489, up 2.9 percent from June.
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