DENPASAR

Central Statistics Agency, the number of tourists from Malaysia and Singapore during the period from January to October 2015 decreased due to reduced public interest of the two neighboring countries visited Bali

“The two countries where people are less to travel to Bali are Malaysia only 152 251 people during the period January-October 2015 fell 13.70 percent over the same period the previous year which was recorded 176 425 people,” said the head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Panusunan Siregar in Denpasar , Tuesday.

He added,  Singapore decreased 18.58 percent from 140 261 people in the first ten months of 2014 to only 114 288 people in the same period in 2015.

According Panasunan However, the overall number of Tourist coming straight from their country to Bali in the January-October 2015 amounted to 3.36 million people, an increase of 7.62 percent over the period of 2014 amounted to 3.12 million people.

“Most of the tourists who come to Bali through Ngurah Rai Airport, only 62 271 people through the sea port with cruise boat,” he said

By looking at the realization of foreign tourists, it is optimistic to reach the target of tourist arrivals to Bali, which is defined as many as four million people in 2015.

“The remaining two months, staying less than 640,000 people and is likely to be achieved,” he said.

Special tourists visiting Bali in October 2015 reached 369 447 people, 366 759 people who come through Ngurah Rai airport and seaport 2,688 people.

The arrival of foreign tourists increased by 8.14 percent over the same month the previous year, or 5.04 percent less than in September 2015.

Panasunan Siregar explained, from ten countries supplying foreign tourists to Bali, eight countries of which has increased significantly, and the two countries showed a decrease.

Eight countries that people more and more to Bali which ranks the top is Australia as many as 822 127 people during the ten-month period from January to October 2015, increased by 1.16 percent over the same period the previous year which was recorded 812 723 people.

Following the 602 049 tourists from China increased by 20.70 percent over the same period the previous year 498 803 people, 192 178 Japanese people rose 9.10 percent from the previous 176 145 people.

British tourists reached 138 940 people increased by 28.95 percent from the same period the previous year 107 745 people, South Korea rose 1.57 percent from 121 929 people in the period from January to October 2014 to 123 846 people in the same period in 2015.

Similarly, French tourists increased 1.20 percent from 113 962 people became 115 346 people, Taiwan increased by 11.13 per cent of the 98 140 people became 109 067 people and American tourists increased 18.58 per cent of the 91 560 people into 108 568 people.