Tourist arrivals to the province of West Sumatra in November 2012 increased by 52.17 percent compared to October of 2488 people to 3786 people. "The existence of a number of cultural events such as Tabuik in Pariaman be one cause of the increased number of visits of foreign guests to this area," said Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in West Sumatra, Muchsin Job in Padang, Saturday (01/05/2013).
According to him, the number of foreign tourists always changes every month, whether it has increased or decreased. "If there are a number of cultural events, visits of foreign tourists will rise dramatically. If regular days, tourists tend to visit the same or even decrease it," he said.
He said foreign tourists who visit West Sumatra still dominated tourists from Malaysia which reached 3375 people. While the least came from Thailand and Hong Kong that each of the two people.
Visited tourist destinations, among others, Pariaman, Padang, Bukittinggi, Padangpanjang, Sawahlunto, Sijunjung District, Agam, Tanah Datar, Mentawai, and South Solok. "In addition to sightseeing, the tourists are also many shopping, especially when they visit Bukittinggi," he said.
According Muchsin, the number of foreign tourists to West Sumatra calculated from visiting the country and landed directly at Minangkabau International Airport without transit in other cities in Indonesia.
The number of foreign tourists visiting West Sumatra in November this year contributed 0.55 percent to the total national foreign tourists visiting Indonesia ie as many as 693 867 people.
Cumulatively, the number of foreign tourists who come to the Minang aspect in the period January-November 2012 reached 26 392 people or an increase of 3.04 percent compared with the same period in 2011 that only 23 899 people.
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