Visitors to Indonesia increases in July
The Central Board of Statistics of Indonesia (BPS) indicated that the number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia period July 2009 reached 593.4 thousand people, an increase of 4.59 percent as compared with that in July 2008 which stood only at 567.4 thousand.
The tourist arrival to Indonesia for making tour was also higher than that a month earlier.
For sure this indication made Indonesia tour travel agent happy and enthusiastic. Anyhow, travel agents in Indonesia were demanded to be more creative in order that the length of stay of visitors in Indonesia became longer.
Beside Indonesia travel agents, government should also take action in providing better infrastructure such as better ways, easy visa procedure, etc.
The BPS recorded that the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the January-July 2009 period stood at 3.56 million.
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