JAKARTA. The number of foreign tourists on a year-on-year basis slid by 3.99 percent this January, down from 753,100 recorded in January last year to 723,000, according to Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data released Monday. BPS deputy head of statistics Sasmito Hadi Wibowo said in a press conference that the decline was due to the Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year took place in February and was one of the main boosters for tourist arrivals. “Last year the Lunar New Year took place at the end of January, but in 2015 the holiday took place in February,” Sasmito said. “We hope to see an increase in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in February,” he added.
RI sees January drop in foreign tourist arrivals
JAKARTA. The number of foreign tourists on a year-on-year basis slid by 3.99 percent this January, down from 753,100 recorded in January last year to 723,000, according to Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data released Monday. BPS deputy head of statistics Sasmito Hadi Wibowo said in a press conference that the decline was due to the Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year took place in February and was one of the main boosters for tourist arrivals. “Last year the Lunar New Year took place at the end of January, but in 2015 the holiday took place in February,” Sasmito said. “We hope to see an increase in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in February,” he added.