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THE Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that foreign tourist arrivals in May 2021 reduced by 3.85% from the figure in May 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic that prompted the government to restrict public mobility.
According to BPS Head Margo Yuwono stated during a virtual press conference said it is very clear that foreign tourist visits are still constrained by the mobility restriction policy. The number of visits in 2021 is recorded to be lower than that in 2020 as well as under normal conditions.
Yuwono remarked that the number of foreign tourist visits to Indonesia in May 2021 had plunged to 155,610, or a 3.85% drop, as compared to 161,840 visits in May 2020. However, the number of visits in May 2021 increased by 24.48% from the figure in April 2021.
“Out of the total 155,610 visits in May 2021, tourist arrivals from the African region recorded the highest percentage increase of up to 571.43%, when compared to foreign tourist arrivals in May 2020. On the other hand, foreign tourists coming from the ASEAN region decreased by 24.07%,” he said.
He explained that on the basis of nationality, most foreign tourists arriving in Indonesia are from Timor Leste, with a total of 80,140 visits, or 51.50%; followed by 48,070 visits from Malaysia, or 31.54%; and 5,200 visits from China or as much as 3.34%.
“Cumulatively, foreign tourist arrivals during the January-May 2021 period had reached 664,540, or decreased by 77.62%, from 2.97 million visits during the corresponding period in the previous year. Out of the total visits recorded during the January-May 2021 period, 5,406 people arrived in Indonesia by plane, 196,100 people arrived aboard ships, and 414,370 others visited by land route,” Yuwono concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
