BPS Records Visit Of Foreign Tourists September 2023 Capai 1.07 Million, Down 5.51 Percent

Deputy for Distribution and Services Pudji Ismartini. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that in September 2023 foreign tourist visits in Indonesia reached 1.07 million visits or a decrease of 5.51 percent compared to August 2023 which amounted to 1.13 million.

But it increased 52.76 percent on an annual basis or year on year (yoy).

Deputy for Distribution and Services Pudji Ismartini said this decline was due to the end of the holiday period so that the number of visits also decreased.

"The monthly decline was due to a decline in foreign tourists from Malaysia. In addition, because the summer holiday period in European countries has ended," he said at the BPS Release event, Wednesday, November 1.

According to Pudji, historically the decline in foreign tourists will continue until November 2023.

However, it will rise again during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Tourists visiting Indonesia in September 2023 were dominated by foreign tourists from Malaysia 14.22 percent, Australia 13.09 percent, and Singapore 10.72 percent.

Cumulatively, foreign tourist visits from January to September 2023 increased by 143.41 percent compared to the same period in 2022.