Tourist arrivals increase 22 percent<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The number of tourist arrivals in Indonesia
\nduring the first three months this year increased by 22 percent
\nto 742,216 from 608,581 in the same period last year.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism, Post and
\nTelecommunications, Sjamsuddin Tanuatmadja, said yesterday that
\n608,581 foreign tourists visited Indonesia last month and they
\nspent US$869.68 million, an average of $1,171.73 per person.<\/p>\n
The number of visitors is calculated at the country's six main
\ngates including Jakarta, Medan in North Sumatra, Denpasar in
\nBali, Batam in Riau, Surabaya in East Java and Manado in North
\nSulawesi.<\/p>\n
The tourist industry has shown expansion in both the number of
\nhotels and tourist arrivals. The number of star-rated hotel rooms
\nincreased by 5.4 percent to 47,670 as of last December from
\n45,245 as of the end of 1992. The number of rooms at non-star
\nhotels rose 1.6 percent to 110,390 from 108,609.<\/p>\n
Hotels have an average occupancy rate of 53 percent, with
\nthree-star to five-star hotel rooms with average occupancy of 60
\npercent.<\/p>\n
The number of tourist arrivals increased by 11 percent to 3.4
\nmillion last year from 3.06 million in 1992. It is expected to
\ncontinue increasing to 3.8 million this year and 6.5 million in
\n1998. The foreign exchange received from foreign tourists rose to
\n$3.6 billion last year from $3.27 billion in the previous year.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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