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2006 International Visitor Arrivals declined by 4%


Tuesday January 09, 2007

In his end of the year report, Culture and Tourism Minister, Jero Wacik conceded that 2006 tourism targets had not been achieved, reported Bisnis Indonesia.

Although December arrival statistics had not been received from the National Statistics Board, Minister Jero Wacik estimated that total 2006 arrivals will again decline by  4.11% compared to 2005, to reach around 4.8 million, an almost 10% shortfall from the earlier anticipated target of 5.25 million visitors. Minister Wacik blamed the decline on the still lingering negative image abroad related to acts of terrorism in the country, the spread of the bird flu in Indonesia and natural disasters experienced during 2005 and 2006, including the Yogyakarta and Pangandaran quakes and the appearance of the mud-volcano in East Java. 

Receipts from tourism in 2006 also fell 3% to US$ 4.38 billion, down from the US$ 4.52 billion received in 2005 from a total 5 million visitors.
For 2007, the Department of Culture and Tourism targets total arrivals between 5.25 million and 5.5 million visitors, with main destinations expected still to be Bali, Jakarta and Batam.
Indonesia’s main markets will be Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands and South Korea. Whereas, main thrust of marketing efforts will be to increase the China, India and Middle East Markets, said the Minister, as reported by Erwin Nurdin of Bisnis Indonesia.
Meanwhile, domestic tourism showed a positive growth of 1.5% to reach 114.39 million people, spending some Rp. 78.67 trillion. This is a 1.5% increase compared to the previous year, which recorded receipts from domestic tourism of Rp. 77.51 trillion.
The Indonesian Statistics Board, meantime, reported that November 2006 arrivals had recorded impressive improvements, with near to 40% growth compared to November 2005, or up 25.73% over October 2006. Nonetheless, these gains have been unable to jack up the number of international arrivals to even 2005 figures.
Thus, January-November 2006, said the Board, saw a decline of 4.6% through Indonesia’s 13 main gateways (this percentage decline was assumed by the Department of Culture and Tourism to be the estimated overall decline in total arrivals to Indonesia through 2006. ed) Tourist arrivals during the first 11 months of 2006 was 3,589,115 visitors.
Jakarta recorded an improvement of 3.25%; Bali’s total 11 months was still 12.63% lower than the 2005 figures; Batam was 2.62% down, and Medan received 0.43% fewer international visitors compared to the same period in 2005, reported Bisnis Indonesia.