5 Countries With The Most Tourists Visiting Bali: Australia, UK, Singapore, US And France

ILLUSTRATION BETWEEN/MELASTI BEACH BADUNG BALI

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno stated that the five countries with the most foreign tourists visiting Bali in April 2022 came from Australia, Britain, Singapore, the United States and France.

In March 2022, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali is also said to have shown a significant increase to reach 1,030.47 percent compared to February 2022.

"We continue to collaborate with international airline companies to increase the quantity and schedule of flights to Indonesia, especially Bali," he said in the Weekly Press Briefing quoted by Antara, Monday, May 23.

One form of collaboration carried out by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) is to implement a promotional program with an integrated cooperation scheme with airline companies.

Among other things, facilitating the tourism industry to participate in Dubai's Arabian Travel Market (ATM) and South Asia's Travel & Tourism Exchange (SATTE) in India.

"This activity is expected to have a positive impact by increasing foreign tourist visits to Indonesia and encouraging the international aviation industry to expand," he said.

Along with various relaxation policies that have been implemented, such as the revocation of PCR and antigen obligations and the easing of the use of masks, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy has also encouraged international airline companies to add flights to Indonesia by opening more travel routes.

"A policy without PCR is deemed necessary to increase tourism competitiveness with neighboring competitor countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, which first implemented the policy, so that it will have an impact on the recovery of the national economy, especially the tourism sector," said Sandiaga.