DENPASAR

Government and Bali tourism component should be proud of the Chinese traveler ratings which give the thumbs up to the services provided to them during the holidays on the island.

“This positive assessment should be maintained and even enhanced by tourism players to be able to attract more Chinese tourists come on holiday to the island,” said Dewa Nyoman Putra, a tourism analysts, Tuesday.

He stated that respond to the impression of Chinese tourists visiting Bali gave a positive assessment of many restaurants that they’ve visited while in the island, and they share it with colleagues in the country.

Tourism promotion through word of mouth is still potent in influencing against potential tourists who are going on vacation to a tourist destination, and this information will be wider if informed through their social media, said Dewa Putra.

Chinese tourists who had come on vacation to the island generally give four stars or more and this means good, to restaurants and accommodation hospitality they’ve visited during the island of thousand temples.

He explained that the potential foreign tourists from China is huge enough given the number of inhabitants is the most populated in the world that their desire to travel abroad is quite a lot and this needs to be captured to be on vacation to Bali.

Moreover, Indonesian government has given the ease by giving free visas for Chinese tourists to Indonesia, including Bali,the flight from Bali to Tiongkon can be increased, surely it will increase the tourist from that country.

Dewa Putra said the number of foreign tourist arrivals to Bali mostly travelers from Australia, the conditions can be able to be overtaken by the presence of Chinese tourists who are now beginning perched in second.

According to the arrival of foreign tourists to Bali during August 2015, most coming from China are as many as 66,840 people, followed by 59 069 people from Australia and Japan ranked third as many as 19 124 people.

While Bali Tourism Office notes that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Bali in the period from January to August 2015 reached 489 233 people or 25.56 percent increase compared to the same period in 2014 only 389 627 people.