'Beaten' By The COVID-19 Pandemic, Visits Of Foreign Tourists To Bali Decreased By 93 Percent

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JAKARTA - The government continues to promote tourism promotion in Bali. Especially since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indonesia. Even the government provides many promos to tourists who come to Bali.

Unfortunately, this has not been sweet fruit. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Province, foreign tourist arrivals in January 2021 decreased by 93.33 percent, when compared to December 2020.

"Visits of foreign tourists in January 2021 decreased by 93.33 percent compared to December 2020. Meanwhile, when compared to January 2020, the arrival of foreign tourists to Bali in January 2021 decreased by 99.99 percent," said the Head of the Bali Province BPS, Hanif Yahya in a broadcast. press virtually in Denpasar, Bali, Monday.

He said most of the foreign tourists in January 2021 entered through the sea gate (Tanjung Benoa and Singaraja ports), totaling eight visits. Meanwhile, there were two foreign tourists entering through the air gate (I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport).

Meanwhile, the Room Occupancy Rate (TPK) of star hotels in January 2021 decreased by 48.14 points when compared to January 2020 which reached 59.29 percent.

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In addition, the average length of stay of foreign and domestic guests at star hotels in Bali in January 2021 was recorded at 3.50 days, and an increase of 1.41 points compared to the achievement in December 2020 which was recorded at 2.09 days.

"The ROR for non-star hotels in January 2021 reached 6.70 percent, an increase of 1.36 points compared to December 2020, which was recorded at 5.34 percent. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of guests at non-star hotels was in January. 2021 was recorded at 1.76 days, an increase of 0.05 points compared to December 2020," he explained.

Hanif Yahya said for the classification of guests staying, the average length of stay of foreign guests in January 2021 was recorded at 5.92 days, higher than the average length of stay for domestic guests of 1.64 days.

The data collection of hotel room occupancy rates in January 2021, was carried out in a face-to-face manner while still observing strict health protocols in new habits such as the use of PPE, maintaining distance, and washing hands.

"As a result of the decline in accommodation and hotel businesses at a quite deep level, the data that has been collected is limited to only a few hotels that are still operating," he said.