NUMBER OF BRITISH TOURISTS TO BALI UP 9.10 PCT

Denpasar, Sept 24 (ANTARA) - A total of 48,209 British nationals were holidaying in Bali in the first seven months of 2009, increasing by 9.10 percent of the 44,188 in last year's same period.

"Thus the British nationals visiting Bali were among the big-ten," head of the Bali Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS)Ida Komang Wisnu said here Thursday.

He said the number of British tourists to Bali had been increasing, although their number had been declining last year. The UK contributed 3.70 percent of the total number of foreign tourists to Bali reaching 1,304,359, a 12.26 percent increase compared to the 1,161,915 in the same period last year.

Most of them arrived in Bali at Ngurah Rai airport, and only 96 came by yachts.