Tourism in Indonesia: Rising Foreign Visitor Arrivals in February 2018

Suhariyanto, Head of BPS, said the flow of foreign tourists to Bali, Indonesia's most popular tourist destination, has recovered significantly from the high degree of volcanic activity of Mount Agung (including eruptions) that plagued this island between November 2017 and February 2018. In February 2018 a total of 443,805 foreign visitors were welcomed on Bali (through Ngurah Rai International Airport), up 28.6 percent from visitor arrivals in the preceding month. However, compared to the same month one year ago, foreign tourist arrivals on Bali were down slightly (by 0.97 percent) in February 2018. Besides easing activity of Mount Agung, aggressive discounts are also cited as reason for rising tourist arrivals on Bali.

Most foreign visitors in February 2018 originated from China (214,427), followed by Malaysia (205,855), and Singapore (125,153).

Asnawi Bahar, Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA), said the latest data show good growth, especially after the Mount Agung eruption. However, foreign visitor arrivals in Indonesia are still too volatile and therefore he does not expect that the government's target of welcoming 17 million tourists in full-year 2018 can be achieved. It would require monthly tourist arrivals of at least 1.5 million in the remainder of the year to achieve the target, a figure that is simply too high.

Monthly Foreign Visitor Arrivals in Indonesia:

Month	Tourist Arrivals         2017	Tourist Arrivals         2018
January	1,107,968	1,100,677
February	1,023,388	1,201,059
March	1,066,588
April	1,142,180
May	1,150,067
June	1,111,616
July	1,379,961
August	1,404,664
September	1,213,640
October	1,158,599
November	1,062,030
December	1,147,031
Total	14,039,799

 

Month	Tourist Arrivals         2013	Tourist Arrivals         2014	Tourist Arrivals         2015	Tourist Arrivals         2016
January	614,328	753,079	723,039	814,303
February	678,415	702,666	786,653	888,309
March	725,316	765,607	789,596	915,019
April	646,117	726,332	749,882	901,095
May	700,708	752,363	793,499	915,206
June	789,594	851,475	815,148	857,651
July	717,784	777,210	814,233	1,032,741
August	771,009	826,821	850,542	1,031,986
September	770,878	791,296	869,179	1,006,653
October	719,900	808,767	825,818	1,040,651
November	807,422	764,461	777,976	1,002,333
December	766,966	915,334	913,828	1,113,328
Total	8,802,129	9,435,411	9,729,350	11,519,275

Annual Foreign Visitor Arrivals in Indonesia:

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Foreign Tourists (in millions)	8.80	9.44	9.73	11.52	14.04

 

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Foreign Tourists (in millions)	5.51	6.23	6.32	7.00	7.65	8.04

^{Source: Statistics Indonesia (BPS)}

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