Aceh Sees Increase in Foreign Tourist Visit by 61%
5 May 2015 06:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Aceh Province recorded 3,205 foreign tourists visiting the province in March 2015 or increased by 61 percent compared to the previous month with just 1,982 tourists.
“The number of travelers visiting Aceh in March is greater than in February 2015,” Head of BPS Aceh Province Hermanto said in Banda Aceh on Monday.
Hermanto claimed that various national and international activities held in the province became one of the reasons why foreign travelers have increased.
The cumulative number of travelers visiting Aceh from January to March 2014 are 6,732 people and escalated to 7,390 people in the same periode of 2015 or up by 9.77 percent, said Hermanto.
Malaysian tourists still dominates the number of visits to the region with 1,910 people in March from the total of foreign visitors visiting the province.
Next are German tourists with 589 people, Philippines with 225, U.S. with 66, and China with 38.
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