Australia Becomes The Country With The Most Visits To Bali

Atmosphere at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, Friday. (ANTARA/Putri Hanifa)

DENPASAR - Australia occupies the first position as the country with the most visits to Bali, especially since Australia dominates international flights at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali.

"Australia number one, there are 40 flights a day. So there are 9 cities from Australia that come here," said General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Handy Heryudhitiawan during the inauguration of the inaugural Denpasar-Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) flight in Bali, Friday, August 9.

Handy said the nine cities were higher when compared to 2019, because there were two additional cities, namely the Gold Coast and Canberra.

"It's a new addition. It's never flown before and it's a traditional'market' in Bali. Every year it continues to grow and it's like Australia has returned to normal times," he said.

Meanwhile, the total traffic at the airport increased by about 7 percent this year when compared to the previous year 2023.

Not only Australia, Singapore and Malaysia are also one of the countries that have good traffics', because they are ranked first and second in place from Bali.

"Singapore has 18 flights, and Malaysia has 13-14 flights from Bali in a day. Meanwhile, for Bali itself, our total traffic has increased by around 7 percent this year when compared to 2023," he explained.

With the time from January to July for 2024, approximately the number of international flights, the passengers reached 7,904,277 for international ones, then the domestic amounted to 5,642,691.

The percentage of comparisons between domestic and international is 42 percent for domestic and international 58 percent.