Indonesia 8 mths tourists arrivals up 13.5 pct yr-on-yr; Bali leads
October 2nd, 2007
JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia in the eight months to August through 15 entry points nationwide rose 13.5 percent year-on-year to 2.97 million, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.
The increase was driven by arrivals via Ngurah Rai airport in the resort island of Bali, which rose 34.5 percent year-on-year to 1.13 million in the first eight months of the year.
In August alone, nationwide foreign tourist arrivals stood at 405,604, down 4.2 percent from July. August tourist arrivals were 17.3 percent greater than the 345,900 recorded in the same period a year ago.
Source: http://www.forbes.com
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