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INDONESIA received more than 153,500 foreign tourists in September, 2020, a decline of 5.94% compared to the previous month.Tourist arrivals in September this year plunged 88.95% compared to 1.39 million in the same month last year,
According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) chief Suhariyanto said during an online press conference said 9,970 of the 153,500 tourists traveled to Indonesia by air, 48,460 by sea, and 95,070 by land. The number of tourists traveling to Indonesia by air plunged 98.89% in September this year compared to the same month last year, he informed.
“All airports saw a decline in tourist arrivals, with the Sam Ratulangi Airport in North Sulawesi recording the smallest drop of 81.69%. Meanwhile, the number of tourists arriving at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Banten and the Ahmad Yani Airport in Central Java dropped 96.47% and 99.49%, respectively,” he said.
Suhariyanto explained that Adi Sucipto Airport in Yogyakarta, Lombok International Airport in West Nusa Tenggara, Supadio Airport in West Kalimantan, Hasanuddin Airport in South Sulawesi, and Sultan Badarudin II Airport in South Sumatra witnessed a 100% drop in the number of tourist arrivals.
“Cumulatively, the number of tourist arrivals in the year ending September 30, 2020, reached 3.56 million, down 70.57% compared to the same period last year,” he concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
