JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Foreign tourists visiting Indonesia reached 723 thousands tourists in January 2015, declined 3.99% from 753,100 tourists in January 2014.

Compared to December 2014, the figure dropped 21.01%.

Total foreign tourists went to Bali, one of the most attractive places in Indonesia, through Ngurah Rai Airport, in December 2014 amounted 288,800 tourists, grew by 3.61% from 278,700 in January 2014. Compared with December 2014, the number declined 15.35%.

The number of tourists stayed in star hotels in 27 provinces reached an average number of 47.08% in January 2015, up 0.10 points compared to January 2014 (46.98%). Compared to December 2014, the figure fell 3.04 points.

Both domestic and international tourists on average stayed in the star hotels for around 2.12 days in January 2015, flat compared to January 2014.