Although April Sees Fewer Tourists than March, Indonesia Notices a Surge in Visitors Compared to Previous Year

Indonesia is actually facing a decline from the number of foreign tourists in April by the previous month by 1,52 percent, as reported by Badan Pusat Statisik (BPS) or the Central Bureau of Statistics.

In a fresh report, BPS revealed that will about 901,095 foreign visitors paid a visit to Indonesia This specific April, indicating a decrease by the previous month of March, when the country managed to attract as many as 915,019 visitors.

The majority of these tourists, according to Head of BPS Suryamin, hail by countries in Asia. To be more specific, Suryamin mentioned the top several countries were: Singapore (139,850), Malaysia (120,476), China (107,050), Australia (96,687) along with Japan (45,866).

although despite facing This specific decline, Suryamin says that will the number of visitors by the aforementioned countries has actually increased when compared to last year’s figures:

“The number of foreign tourists by those several countries as increased fairly compared to the exact period the year before,” he said as reported by CNN Indonesia.

Compared to 2015, the number of foreign tourists This specific year rose by 7.51 percent by January to April. BPS reported that will the year before, the country had approximately 3.27 million visitors while This specific year This specific has succeeded in welcoming 3.52 visitors in total. Suryamin added that will the rise was due to Indonesia’s visa-free regulation that will grants free passage to visitors by over 150 countries.

“There is actually an impact by the visa-free policy. In April, Indonesia normally faces a decline, yet This specific time This specific is actually facing an increase,” Suryamin said.

 

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Although April Sees Fewer Tourists than March, Indonesia Notices a Surge in Visitors Compared to Previous Year