Tourist arrivals to Indonesia in November 2013
Tourist arrivals to Indonesia in November 2013 reached 807 400 tourists, an increase of 12.16 percent compared with the number of foreign tourists in October as 719 900 people. This figure is a new record number of foreign tourists to Indonesia.
Cumulatively, the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in January to November 2013 reached 7.94 million, an increase of 9.12 percent compared to the same period in 2012. The head of the Central Bureau of Statistics Suryamin explained, the entrance of foreign tourists also began to spread, not centered at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali and Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Banten.
"Currently, Husein Sastranegara Airport, London, became the new airport for foreign tourists entering Indonesia. And Kualanamu Polonia Airport in North Sumatra is a new entrance after entrance Batam also be an alternative to Ngurah Rai and Soekarno-Hatta, "said Suryamin a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (01/02/2014).
Most foreign tourists still visit to Bali through Ngurah Rai Airport as much as 297,000 tourists in November 2013, up 24 percent compared with the same period in 2012. When compared with October 2013, visit to Bali up 11 percent.
Malaysia ranks first home countries of foreign tourists, the tourists 151 394 or 18.75 percent of the total foreign tourist arrivals in November 2013. In the last four, the next sequence is Singapore with 16.81 per cent, 11.38 per cent of Australia, China 8.49 percent, and Japan 5.5 percent.
"Foreign tourists visit not just numbers. From that visit, Indonesia not only get foreign exchange, but also at the community level impact of large economic multiplier. They stay at the hotel and shop crafts produced by small and medium enterprises, "said Suryamin.
Source: Antara
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