Bali Still Main Tourist Destination
February 13th, 2009
TEMPO Interactive, Denpasar: Bali is still a favorite place for tourists to go, especially the Japanese. The total amount of tourists from Japan in 2008 can reach 359,000. The head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in Bali, Ida Komang Wisnu said that makes it 18 percent of the total Japanese tourists.Â
Komang said that for the past five years, the most visitors coming to Bali were from Japan. “They are interested in the beauty of nature and culture,” he said yesterday. However, he said that in the last four months, the number of visitors in 2008 was reduced due to global crisis.
Australia, that topped 313,000 tourists is the second most popular spot. The figure increased 52.6 percent over last year. Komang said that it is because the Australian government does not give any travel warning to their citizens. While tourists from Korea is in the third position that reached 134,000 tourists, followed by China (131,000), Taiwan (130,000), and Malaysia (129,000).
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Source: www.tempointeractive.com
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