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Foreign tourists arrivals in Bali reach 3.76 million
The number of foreign tourists arriving on Bali Island reached 3
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he number of foreign tourists arriving on Bali Island reached 3.76 million in 2014, up 14.89 percent from 3.27 million in the previous year, said Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) head Panusunan Siregar.
"Most of the tourists landed at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, via direct flight from their home country. Only 34,903 tourists arrived on cruises," Panusunan said in Denpasar on Monday as quoted by Antara news agency.
The number surpassed the target of 2.9 million foreign tourists in 2014 set by the Bali administration.
Of the 10 top-tourist sources, nine showed significant increases and only Taiwan recorded a drop from 127,443 people in 2013 to 114,504 in 2014, he said, adding that Australia sent 991,923 tourists to Bali last year, up 20.03 percent from 826,385 in 2013.
Panusunan said Australian tourists constituted 26.33 percent of total foreign tourists visiting the Island of Gods, followed by China 586,300 with tourists, or an increase of 51.29 percent from 387,533 people in 2013.
In third place was Malaysia with 225,572 tourists last year (or up by 13.23 percent from 199,223 in the previous year); followed by Japan with 217,402 tourists (a hike of 4.46 percent from 208,115 people); Singapore 179,719 tourists; South Korea 146,088; France 128,350; Britain 127,040; Taiwan 114,504; and the US 111,640.
Meanwhile, 9.44 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia in the January-December 2014 period, the BPS reported. (hhr)
