"The significant increase due to various factors including the image of Bali as secure place for vacation, the many unique attractions and the relative short flight time between Singapore and Bali," said Gede Suarsa, head of Bali province Statistics Office, here, on Tuesday.
As many as 5,871 tourists from Singapore visited Bali in January 2010 with total visits in the whole 2010 were 97,402 tourists. The 2010 figure was also a sharp increase from 55,992 visitors in 2009.
Singapore was at the eight position as source of visitors to Bali in the top ten countries after Australia, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan, Suarsa said.
Despite the noticeable rise in the Singaporean arrivals, Suarsa added, but the total figure of tourists from the country was still relative small, just 3.3 percent from the total cumulative international incoming visit.
In January 2011 Bali has registered the total incoming figure of 209,093 visitors, a 16.6 percent increase over the same period of last year 179,273 tourists.
The total international arrival figure to Bali in 2011 was 2.54 million visitors, a 8.01 percent increase compared to the 2010 total of 2.38 million visitors.
Out of the top ten, Taiwan and Japan saw a decline in their citizens` visit to Bali, respectively 7.4 percent and 13.26 percent last year.
The other eight countries, besides Singapore, saw increase of their citizens` visiting Bali, namely Australia (32.23 percent), China (7.91 percent), Russia (26.03 percent), South Korea (1.82 percent), Malaysia (39,95 percent) and the United States (28.57 percent).(*)
(KR-VFT/HAJM/F002)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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