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Tourist arrivals miss target in November
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Majestic attraction: Tourists visit Rumah Gadang, a traditional Minangkabau house in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra. (Shutterstock.com/shahreen/File )
D
espite the government's ambitious target in tourism, foreign tourist arrivals as of November decreased compared to last year’s figure.
It also missed the monthly target.
Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show foreign tourist arrivals as of November standing at 1 million, a slight decrease from 1.04 million in October.
It also missed the Tourism Ministry's target of 1.3 million tourists in November.
"The peak season is in December. We hope that in December 2016, the number of tourists would have increased again," BPS head Suharyanto said on Tuesday.
The government is set to tally 12 million tourists in 2016, compared to nearly 10 million visits in 2015. So far, the figure stands at 10.4 million visits. (bbn)
