Bali Provincial Tourism Office records the number of foreign tourists to the island in 2012 exceeded the target set.

Bali Provincial Tourism Office records the number of foreign tourists to the island in 2012 exceeded the target set.



"The cumulative foreign tourists reached 2,888,864 people. Amount has exceeded the target of 2.8 million tourists. When viewed in theory, it was perfect," said the Head of Tourism of Bali, Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu in Denpasar on Wednesday ( 01.02.2013).

Based on the achievements of foreign tourists visit it, the top spot is still held by Australian tourists, followed by China, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. The number of tourists coming from Australia until October 2012 reached 684 312 people, while China 267 353 people.

According Subhiksu, one of the causes of the high traffic area of ​​Australia as the location closest to Bali. Besides tourist destinations on the island is still well preserved.

In addition to these countries, the positive growth in the number of tourists also indicated by travelers from the U.S. and UK.

Subhiksu said for American tourists, for example, growth in traffic over the past 10 months is very good, even a visit in October rose to 33 percent.

Province of Bali in 2013 targeting foreign tourists to reach 3.1 million people. Target has been adjusted to the carrying capacity of Bali. "In the last five years, the average growth of foreign tourists visiting the range of 10-12 percent. Was already very good," he said.

Subhiksu optimistic that the target can be met given the vital infrastructure such as "underpass", toll roads, to Ngurah Rai Airport to be completed by the process in July 2013.

"Natural Destinations in the area we are still good, even some time ago Bali received the award handed in Hong Kong by an internationally renowned magazine as the best tourist destination," he said.

Foreign tourists visiting Bali pretty jacked up apart from the culture and nature, also thanks to international events held successfully.

Subhiksu added, Bali tourism issues that still exist today among other things congestion and connectivity to various tourist destinations.