Tourist arrivals up 13.67 pct to 4.1 million
January 3rd, 2008
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in the first eleven months of 2007 rose 13.67 percent to 4,109,831 from 3,615,739 in the same period last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said.
The increase reflected encouraging developments particularly for those engaged in the tourism industry, BPS Deputy Chief for Distribution and Service Statistics Ali Rosidi said in a press conference here Wednesday.
In November 2007 alone, a total of 398,983 foreign tourists visited Indonesia via the country`s 15 gateways, up 8.57 percent from the same period last year, he said.
The number of tourist arrivals in November 2007 rose 13.56 percent from October 2007 when it was 351,351, he said.
Compared to November 2006, 11 of the 15 gateways saw an increase in the number of tourist arrivals in November 2007 with Adi Sumarmo Airport in Solo, Central Java, recording a 62.41 percent rise, Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, (60.25 percent) and Juanda Airport in Surabaya, East Java, (47.97 percent), he said.
Meanwhile, the other four gateways, namely Simpang Tiga, Mataram, Ngurah Rai and Manado saw a decline in the number of tourist arrivals, he said.
He said the number of tourist arrivals through the Hasanuddin Airport in November 2007 represented a 335.23 percent increase compared to the previous month.
But if compared to November 2006, the number of tourist arrivals through Ngurah Rai Airport rose 24.40 percent in November 2007, he said.
He said the occupany rates of star-rated hotels in the country`s 10 tourist destinations in October 2007 reached an average of 47.46 percent, up by 1.09 points from a month earlier.
Bali ranked first in terms of occupancy rates with 59.84 percent.
On average foreign tourists` length of stay reached 3.04 days in October 2007.(*)
Source: ANTARA News
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