BPS Record Number Of Airplane Passengers Increases In August 2021

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JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed the development of national transportation. The number of domestic air transport passengers departing in August 2021 was 1.1 million people, an increase of 7.26 percent compared to July 2021.

Head of BPS Margo Yuwono said the number of passengers for overseas or international destinations also increased by 3.00 percent to 44.6 thousand people.

"Meanwhile, the number of train passengers departing in August 2021 is 6.5 million people, an increase of 13.36 percent compared to July 2021," he said in a virtual press conference, Friday, October 1.

In contrast to the number of passengers, said Margo, the number of goods transported by trains decreased by 3.67 percent to 4.7 million tons.

Margo said the number of domestic sea transportation passengers departing in August 2021 was recorded at 1.0 million people, down 4.29 percent compared to July 2021.

"The number of goods transported decreased by 1.22 percent to 25.9 million tons," he said.

BPS also noted that although the COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing, Indonesia still received 127,300 foreign tourists in August 2021. While cumulatively, the number of foreign tourists visiting from January to August was 1,060,000.

Margo said, the number of foreign tourists visiting in August fell 21.19 percent compared to the number of foreign tourists visiting in the same period last year, which was 161,550 visits.

"Of the 127.3 thousand foreign tourist visits in August 2021, the most came from Timor Leste with 75.7 thousand visits or 59.5 percent," he said.

Then, the next foreign tourists who visited Indonesia the most in August 2021 were Malaysia 39.8 thousand or 31.3 percent, Papua New Guinea 2.4 thousand or 1.9 percent and other countries 9.4 thousand or 7.3 percent.

Furthermore, Margo said foreign tourist visits from Papua New Guinea in August 2021 increased by 19.14 percent compared to July. There were 2,434 visits in August and 2,043 in July.

Meanwhile, said Margo, based on the number of foreign tourists entering through land gates as much as 89,803 or 71 percent, sea entrances 35,902 or 28 percent, and air gates 1,609 or 1 percent.