October 2019, Foreign Tourist Arrivals to Indonesia Down 3.28%
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded only 1.35 million visits from foreign tourists to Indonesia in October 2019. This figure is down 3.28% compared to the previous month, which reached 1.4 million visits.
BPS also reported an increase in visits only from foreign tourists entering via seaports, rising from 332,300 in September 2019 to 336,000. In total, the highest number of foreign tourist visits remained through airports, at 856,350 visits, however, this represents a 3.44% decrease from September 2019. Foreign tourist visits via land borders also decreased by 2.32%, from 165,900 to 162,000.
Compared to October of the previous year, which saw 1.29 million visits, the number of foreign tourist visits in October 2019 increased by 4.86%. The total number of foreign tourist visits from January to October 2019 reached 13.62 million. This figure is up 2.85% compared to the same period last year, which totaled 13.25 million.
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