TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an increase in foreign tourist arrivals. In the month of July, international arrivals to Indonesia rose 21.57 percent compared to June.
On an annual basis, the number of foreign tourist visits rose 30.85 percent to 1.35 million visits from July 2016's 1.03 million.
BPS chief Suhariyanto said that the sharpest increase was recorded occurred at Adi Sucipto Airport, Yogyakarta with 107.23 percent; followed by Adi Sumarmo Airport in Surakarta with an increase of 79.39 percent.
From the 1.35 million foreign visits, 1.14 million arrived in 19 main gateways.
The biggest tourist influx came from China (PRC) with 214,500 visits, followed by Australia with 117,600 visits, Singapore 109,200, Malaysia 94,400 visits and Japan 48,700 visits.
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