Indonesia H1 tourist arrivals 2.14 million; up 12.22 percent year-on-year
August 3rd, 2007
AFX News Limited
JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia in the first half to June rose 12.22 percent year-on-year to 2.14 million, with arrivals to the resort island of Bali accounting for a significant chunk of the increase, the Central Bureau of Statistics showed.
Arrivals through Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport rose 33.7 percent to 781,059 while arrivals at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport, the second biggest entry point in the country, declined 1.9 percent to 554,086.
In June alone, nationwide tourists arrivals through 15 entry points rose to 411,264 from 366,137 in May, the bureau said.
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