KONTAN.CO.ID - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a 21.57 percent increase in foreign tourist arrivals in July, to 1.35 million from 1.11 million in the previous month. The sharpest increases in arrivals occurred at Adi Sucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta (107.23 percent), Adi Sumarno International Airport in Surakarta, Central Java, (79.39 percent) and Sutan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi (66.16 percent). “There were a number of events in Yogyakarta and Surakarta that boosted the arrivals,” said BPS head Suhariyanto in Jakarta on Monday.
Tourist arrivals up 21.57 percent in July
KONTAN.CO.ID - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a 21.57 percent increase in foreign tourist arrivals in July, to 1.35 million from 1.11 million in the previous month. The sharpest increases in arrivals occurred at Adi Sucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta (107.23 percent), Adi Sumarno International Airport in Surakarta, Central Java, (79.39 percent) and Sutan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi (66.16 percent). “There were a number of events in Yogyakarta and Surakarta that boosted the arrivals,” said BPS head Suhariyanto in Jakarta on Monday.