Int'l Flights To Bali Increases 4.98 Pct

Denpasar, Bali, Sept 2 (Antara) - Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, has handled 2,228 international flights to overseas destinations in July 2014, an increase of 4.98 percent as compared to 2,123 flights during the last month. "Those international flights have carried 376,445 foreign tourists for their vacations in Bali. The number of tourists has increased by 5.83 percent as compared to 355,702 visitors recorded in the previous month," Head of Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Bali Panusunan Siregar stated here on Tuesday. He noted that there has been a steady increase in the number of tourists visiting Bali. During the period between January and July 2014, the number of tourists visiting Bali reached 2.08 million, an increase of 16.66 percent as compared to 1.79 million tourists recorded in the same period last year. Most of the visitors arrived in Bali via Ngurah Rai International Airport, and the other 20,295 tourists came to Bali via seaport or by cruise ships. Siregar explained that the rise in the number of foreign visitors to Bali has led to an increase in the amount of luggage and goods transported in July 2014, which was recorded at 5.92 percent or from 6,352.8 tons in June 2014 to 6,728.6 tons in July 2014. In the meantime, 3,709 flights departed for domestic destinations in July 2014 or a decrease of 6.33 percent as compared to 3,287 flights recorded in the previous month. These domestic flights have carried luggage and goods weighing 3,414.2 tons or a decrease of 17.37 percent as compared to 4,132.1 tons recorded in the previous month.