Foreign tourist arrivals climb<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Foreign tourist arrivals through the 13 entry points across
\nthe country in July climbed 21.71 percent compared to the
\nprevious month, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)
\nmonthly report.<\/p>\n
However the July figure represented a 10.1 percent decline
\nwhen compared to July 2002.<\/p>\n
From January to July this year, Indonesia received 1.95
\nmillion foreign tourists, compared to 2.46 million in the same
\nperiod last year.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's tourist industry has been battered by last year's
\nBali bombing, the fallout from the Iraq war, the outbreak of the
\nSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Asia, and the recent JWC
\nMarriott bombing.<\/p>\n
The impact of the JWC Marriot bombing on the country's tourist
\nindustry remained unclear as it occurred on Aug. 5, which was not
\ncovered by BPS's latest report.<\/p>\n
Tourist industry players fear that foreign tourist arrivals,
\nwhich had been steadily increasing prior to the Marriot bombing,
\nwill plunge again after the bombing.<\/p>\n
BPS's report confirmed the steady increase. In June, the
\nagency said, occupancy rates at hotels in 10 tourist cities
\naveraged 43.79 percent, up from 40.54 percent in May. In April,
\nthe occupancy rate averaged 39.27 percent.<\/p>\n
In June, Yogyakarta hotels reached a peak of 60.84 percent, up
\nfrom 45.56 percent the previous month.<\/p>\n
The average length tourists stayed in star-rated hotels
\nclimbed slightly to 2.0 days in June, from 1.95 days in May.<\/p>\n
In Bali, the country's most popular destination, tourists
\nstayed for an average of 3.08 days in June, while in Yogyakarta
\nand Jakarta, they stayed for an average of 2.6 days and 1.96 days
\nrespectively.<\/p>",
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