TOURIST VISITS TO BALI PREDICTED UP 10% ON YEAR-END HOLIDAYS

IT IS predicted that toward of the Christmas and New Year 2020 celebrations of domestic and foreign tourist arrivals will increase by around 10 percent.

According to Acting Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office Putu Astawa said from the data in December 2018 there were about 500 tourists each month and an increase of 10 percent from year to year. So there can be accumulated 550 per month entering through I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

“The visit is still dominated by foreign tourists from China, Australia, India, Europe and Japan. “According to our survey, 65 percent of tourists to Bali are due to cultural factors, 30 percent enjoy natural beauty, and 5 percent due to artificial tourism,” he said.

It was said, the Bali tourism service hoped that tourist visits to Bali could increase from previous years, and it would continue to routinely carry out promotion of Bali by utilizing information technology. [antaranews/photo special]