New statistics present the inbound tourism markets-sources for Bali.
BALI – According to Indonesia’s Antara news agency the number of tourists from Malaysia to Bali rose in the first six months of the year compared with the same period last year.
Malaysia has become the fourth largest in number of visitors to Bali from the fifth earlier, Head of Bali Central Statistic Agency (BPS) I Gede Suarsa said.
“The number of visitors from Malaysia is larger than those from Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Britain,” Suarsa said, noting that around 92,410 Malaysians visited Bali in the first half of the year, up 11.35 per cent from the same period last year.
According to Antara, the number made up 6.19 per cent of the total number of 1,493,020 foreign visitors to the world famous resort island in the January-June period this year.
Suarsa however said a decline was recorded only in the number of visitors from South Korea and Britain.
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