Within a month, 13 444 Taiwanese take a trip to Bali

Taiwanese tourists who take a trip to Bali was recorded 13 444 people during February 2010 alone. That means increased 92.88 percent compared to February 2009 that only 6970 people.

 

They went to Bali through Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport with planes flying directly from Taiwan. During 2009, Taiwan tourists to Bali recorded 120 445 people, a decline of 7.67 percent over the previous year which reached 130 449 people.

 

The increase would make Taiwan's ranking rose from sixth to fourth in the 10 countries most of the Island of the Gods. According to the Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in the Province of Bali, Ida Komang Wisnu, Denpasar, Malaysia was ranked fourth after Australia, Japan and China, now sixth in the Taiwan and South Korea.

 

Ida Komang Vishnu added, from 10 countries supplying the most foreign tourists to Bali, seven countries experienced a significant increase and the three countries showed deterioration.

 

The seven countries that showed the increase was encouraging, in addition to Taiwan, which China also reached 175.27 percent, 63.78 percent in Australia, France, 15.68 percent, 28.25 percent of Russia, the Netherlands and the United States of 61.06 percent 24.93 percent , Ida Komang Wisnu said.

 

Three countries that the community including Japan is reduced to Bali dropped 19.80 percent,
South Korea amounted to 26.31 percent from 11 034 people to 8131 people and Malaysia, 13.99 per cent from 9385 people to 8072 people only, said Ida Komang Wisnu

 

Kompas.com