JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Foreign tourists visiting Indonesia reached 915,334 tourists in December 2014, grew by 6.35% from 860,655 tourists in December 2013.
Compared to November 2014, the figure jumped 19.74%. Foreign investors visited Indonesia in November 2014 totaled 764,461.
Total foreign tourists went to Bali, one of the most attractive places in Indonesia, through Ngurah Rai Airport, in December 2014 amounted 341,111 tourists, grew by 16.44% from 292,961 in December 2013. Compared with November 2014, the number up 16.08%.
The main gate of Soekarno-Hatta Airport recorded foreign arrival of 190,598 tourists in December 2014, inched up 0.84% 189,005 tourists in December 2013. Compared with November 2014, the figure climbed 5.77%.
For January-December 2014, foreign tourists visiting Indonesia totaled 9,434,411 tourists, grew by 7.19% from 8,802,129 tourists in 2013.
The number of tourists stayed in star hotels in 27 provinces reached an average number of 50.13 in December 2014, declined 5.60 points from 55.73% in December 2013. Compared to November 2014 (54.45%), the number fell 4.32 points.
Both domestic and international tourists on average stayed in the star hotels for around 1.91 days in December 2014, flat compared to December 2013, and down 0.05 points compared to November 2014 (1.96 days).