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Chinese tourist arrivals in Indonesia surge to post-pandemic high
Data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Monday shows that 126,100 Chinese tourists visited Indonesia in July, marking the highest figure since the border opened for Chinese outbound travel in 2023.
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Foreign tourists carry surfboards on Kuta beach on Aug. 3, 2024, near Denpasar, Bali. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka )
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ndonesia is witnessing a surge in arrivals of Chinese tourists, with July marking the highest number since the lifting of travel restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Monday, 126,100 Chinese tourists visited Indonesia in July, bringing the total number of Chinese tourists to visit Indonesia in the first seven months of this year to 695,000.
That figure represents a 79 percent increase from the equivalent period in 2023.
Despite the recent boom, the number of Chinese tourist arrivals is still well below pre-pandemic levels, with the January-to-July figure representing about 60 percent of what it was in 2019.
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Rajeev Menon, president for the Asia-Pacific excluding China at Marriott International, said the number of Chinese travelers in Indonesia from his company’s perspective had already returned to pre-pandemic levels, despite a slower recovery in the region’s other markets.
“Chinese travelers are incredibly important to us, with about 40 million [Chinese] members of our loyalty program,” Menon told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. “This year alone, Chinese travel in Indonesia for us has grown 72 percent year-on-year [in terms of bookings].”
