PHRI Bali Sambut Positive For The Arrival Of Emirates Airbus A380-800

A number of foreign tourists visited Batu Bolong Beach in Badung, Bali, Wednesday (3/5/2023). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Fikri Yusuf/hp

The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Bali positively welcomed the planned arrival of the world's largest passenger plane, Airbus A380-800 owned by Emirates at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, today.

The plane, which will serve the Dubai-Denpasar-Dubai route, is scheduled to carry 600 people for the first passengers to Bali.

"This is very helpful to increase visits, of course, because when the Airbus A300-800 arrives, it will bring extraordinary numbers of passengers," said Deputy Chairman of PHRI Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya after a coordination meeting related to tourism in Denpasar, Bali, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 1.

Rai said that currently there are 37 international airlines serving passengers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and with the increasing number of airlines, it will have an impact on tourism recovery.

"Hopefully after this the hotel occupancy can reach 70 percent, because it will also be the July holiday season, then it will be even better in August, September and October," he said.

Furthermore, in November, hotel occupancy will decline slightly, but will surge again in December, as tourists will fill the Island of the Gods in the long holiday season at the end of the year.

After the arrival of Airbus A300-800, PHRI Bali has received information about the arrival of 4-5 more airlines, so that it can immediately follow the conditions before the COVID-19 pandemic, which at that time served more than 40 international airlines.

Regarding tourist arrivals, Bali Governor Wayan Koster also believes that as many as five million foreign tourists will come to Bali until the end of 2023.

"As of April, 1.450 million foreign tourists have increased, another two months will definitely increase. Now the average per day is 14-15 thousand, this is higher than the domestic 9-11 thousand visits," he said in a coordination meeting at the Bali Governor's Office.

According to him, throughout 2023, most foreign tourists arrived from Australia, followed by India, England, America, Russia, Singapore, and Malaysia.