The highest increase of foreign tourist arrivals (214.74 percent) was recorded in Lombok International Airport, followed by Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta (44.07 percent), and Makassar (26.09 percent).


Tourism in March 2014

Meanwhile, the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in March 2014 amounted to 765.607, rising 5.55 percent from the same month in 2013. Compared to February 2014, foreign tourist arrivals grew 8.96 percent. Of the total amount of foreign tourists that visited Indonesia in March 2014, 18.10 percent originated from Singapore, followed by Malaysia (14.99 percent), Australia (10.63 percent), China (10.21 percent), and Japan (4.94 percent).

Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy targets to welcome 9.5 million foreign tourists in 2014 (23.2 percent of this target has been achieved in the first quarter of 2014).

Download Statistics Indonesia's March (and Q1-2014) tourism statistics here


Foreign Tourist Arrivals in 2013-2014:

Month  Tourist Arrivals
         2013
 Tourist Arrivals
         2014
January        614,328        753,079
February        678,415        702,666
March        725,316        765,607
April        646,117  
May        700,708  
June        789,594  
July        717,784  
August        771,009  
September        770,878  
October        719,900  
November        807,422  
December        766,966  
Total       8,802,129       2,221,352


Foreign Tourists Arrivals 2007-2014:

    2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013   2014¹
Foreign Tourists
(in millions)
  5.51   6.23   6.32   7.00   7.65   8.04    8.80    9.5

¹ indicates government target
Source: Statistics Indonesia (BPS)

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