The eruption of Mount Agung will impact the number of foreign tourists (wisman) visiting Bali, which already saw a decline in September 2017. The closure of Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport and the cancellation of flights from several countries to the "Island of Gods" will affect the economy of the province whose capital is Denpasar.
Data from the Central Statistics Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik) recorded that foreign tourist visits to Bali in September 2017 decreased by 8 percent to 550,238. This decrease is in line with the reduced number of foreign tourist visits to Indonesia in September 2017, which shrank by 13.67 percent to 1.21 million visits from 1.4 million visits the previous month.
However, cumulatively from January to September 2017, foreign tourist visits still recorded a growth of 25.05 percent, reaching 10.46 million visits compared to 8.36 million visits in the same period the previous year. Foreign tourist visits to Bali from January to September 2017 contributed more than 43 percent of the total foreign tourist visits to Indonesia.
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