TEMPO.CO, Denpasar - The Association of Hotel General Manager (IHGMA) of Bali said the occupancy rates of hotels in Bali rose sharply to 80-90 percent during the Eid Al-Fitr holidays.

"The rate shot up from normally 55-65 percent," chairman of IHGMA of Bali Nyoman Astama said Monday, June 18.

Most of the domestic guests were tourists from Jakarta and Surabaya, Nyoman said, while the foreign guests were tourists from Australia, China, and India.

Head of the public relations and marketing department of the Harris Kuta Hotel Janner Napitu said the hotels even were almost fully occupied with occupancy rates averaging 95 percent.

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"The Eid Al-Fitr holidays are high season," Janner said.

He said despite an increase in room rates up by as high as 30-40 percent in Bali hotels, the occupancy rates have risen strongly. Janner added that his hotel offered no promotional tariff or special rate amid the strong demand for rooms.

He said most of the guests are domestic tourists from Jakarta, Surabaya and East and West Nusa Tenggara.

Meanwhile, General Manager of Hotel Griya Santrian Sanur Ida Bagus Sidharta Putra said the increase in occupancy rates was not significant among the more luxurious hotels in Sanur Beach when the guests are mainly foreign tourists from Europe and Australia.

The occupancy rates of hotels in Bali's capital Denpasar or City Hotels averaged only 75 percent during the long holidays, Ida Bagus Sidharta added.

ANTARA