South Korea ranks 6th in Bali tourist arrivals

Until October, as many as 104,937 tourists from South Korea visited Bali, an increase of 0.4 percent from 104,448 tourists in the same period last year, the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported.

“Although the number only slightly increased, the country ranks sixth in tourist arrivals in Bali,” Bali BPS head Gede Suarsa said in Denpasar on Sunday as quoted by Kompas.com news portal on Sunday.

According Gede, the majority of Korean tourists arrive through Ngurah Rai International Airport whereas only two tourists from Korea have entered Bali through the port.

“Culture and tourism cooperation between Bali and Cheju province in South Korea is expected to boost tourists from South Korea in the future,” he said.

South Korea accounted for 4.8 percent of the total 2.1 million tourists visiting Bali over the last 10 months.

Gede also said as per October, Australians topped tourist arrivals in Bali, with 525,316 Australians visiting Bali.

“The number of Australian tourists has increased 46.3 percent from 356,727 tourists in the same period of last year,” he said.