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BPS: TOURIST ARRIVALS IN JUNE UP 4.07 PCT

Jakarta, Aug. 3 (ANTARA) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported the number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia in June 2009 reached around 550,600 , up 4.07 percent from 529,100 in June 2008, or 5.53 percent from that in May 2009.

The number of foreign tourist arrivals through the country's 11 main entry gates in June 2009 went up 4.95 percent from 444,900 people in June 2008, to 466,900 foreign tourists, Rusman Heriawan, the BPS chairman, said in a press conference here on Monday.

Compared to the figure in May 2009, the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia through the 11 main entry gates rose 5.51 percent, he said.

During January-June 2009, the number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia reached 2.97 million, or up 2.17 percent from 2.90 million in the same period the previous year.

Bali was visited by a total of about 200,500 foreign tourists arriving at Ngurah Rai Airport in June 2009, or up 12.48 percent from that in June last year, and up by 5.14 percent from around 190,700 in May 2009.

The hotel room occupancy in 14 provinces in June 2009 reached an average of 52.65 percent, or an increase of 4.84 points from the occupancy rate of 47.81 percent in May 2009.

The hotel room occupancy rate in Bali in June 2009 rose 2.51 points from 60.26 percent to 62.77 percent in May 2009.

The average duration of foreign tourists' stay at five-star hotels in 14 provinces during June 2009 was 2.01 days, down 0.13 points from that in May 2009.

The number of train passengers in June 2009 in Indonesia reached 18.1 million people, up 1.80 percent from that in May 2009.

The number of ship passengers in June 2009 was recorded at 482,300 people, up 9.69 percent from that in May 2009.

The number of passengers of domestic flights reached around three million people in June 2009, up 4.76 percent from that in the previous month. For international flights, the number of the passengers was 702,900 people, an increase of 11.72 percent.

During January-June 2009, the number of domestic flights' passengers were 16.5 million people, or up 3.27 percent, and international flights' passengers reached 3.6 million people, up 5.29 percent from that in the same period in the previous year. ***


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