Indonesia: Tourism Indonesia: Foreign Tourist Arrivals Rise 5.9% in H1-2016

Indonesia: Tourism Indonesia: Foreign Tourist Arrivals Rise 5.9% in H1-2016

Tue, 02 August 2016 – The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia reached 5.29 million in the first half of 2016, up 5.9 percent (y/y) from the same period one year earlier. This implies that only 44 percent of the government’s full-year target has been achieved so far. Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry targets to welcome a total of 12 million foreign visitors in 2016. Meanwhile, according to the latest data from Indonesia’s Statistics Agency (BPS), foreign visitor arrivals declined in June 2016, both on a monthly and annual basis.

In June 2016 a total of 857,651 foreigners arrived in Indonesia for a short visit, down 6.29 percent (month-to-month) from 915,206 foreign visitors in the preceding month, and down 1.69 percent (year-on-year) from 872,385 foreign visitors who visited Indonesia in June 2015. Read More?