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        "msgid": "whoosh-high-speed-train-brings-nearly-70-000-foreign-tourists-to-west-java-by-may-2026-bps-1782914004",
        "date": "2026-07-01 19:39:15",
        "title": "Whoosh High-Speed Train Brings Nearly 70,000 Foreign Tourists to West Java by May 2026: BPS",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "The Whoosh high-speed rail service has emerged as a significant gateway for foreign tourists entering West Java, recording nearly 70,000 arrivals in the first five months of 2026. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) noted a 27.32 per cent month-to-month surge in foreign arrivals via Whoosh stations in May alone, with Padalarang Station serving as the dominant exit point. The influx, coupled with a rise in domestic travel and a spike in international flights from Kertajati Airport driven by the Hajj season, has bolstered hotel occupancy rates across the province.",
        "content": "<p>Bandung (ANTARA) - The Whoosh high-speed railway has become a\nsignificant new gateway and magnet for the movement of foreign nationals\ntowards West Java throughout the first five months of 2026, bringing\nalmost 70,000 foreign tourists, according to BPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the January-May 2026 period, an accumulation of 69,874\narrivals of foreign nationals to West Java via Whoosh Stations was\nrecorded. Specifically in May 2026, foreign arrivals surged by 27.32 per\ncent (month-to-month\/mtm) to 17,523 visits, with Padalarang Station\nbeing the most dominant exit point at 86.62 per cent,\u201d said the Head of\nthe West Java Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Margaretha Ari\nAnggorowati, in Bandung on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ari explained that, in addition to the high-speed rail, direct visits\nby international tourists via Kertajati International Airport in May\n2026 reached 241 visits, growing by 11.06 per cent monthly, dominated by\nSingaporean nationals at 48.96 per cent and Malaysians at 12.45 per\ncent.<\/p>\n<p>Due to these conditions, tourism activity is becoming increasingly\nrobust, driven by the massive mobility of domestic tourists in West\nJava, which exceeded 19.52 million trips in May 2026. Consequently, the\ntotal accumulated domestic trips for January-May 2026 reached 93.45\nmillion, an increase of 5.78 per cent annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe regions that remain primary favourites for domestic travel are\nBogor Regency at 15.70 per cent and Bandung City at 10.88 per cent,\u201d\nsaid Ari.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the surge in tourist arrivals has had a positive\nimpact on the Room Occupancy Rate (TPK) of star-rated hotels, which rose\nby 1.95 points to 48.21 per cent, with the highest occupancy in\nPurwakarta Regency at 66.83 per cent. Non-star hotel occupancy also\ncrept up by 2.18 points to 26.19 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>In the public transport sector, the total volume of Whoosh high-speed\nrail users grew by 5.23 per cent, while conventional train passengers\nincreased by 6.95 per cent monthly.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, she continued, the most fantastic surge actually\noccurred in the performance of international air transport at Kertajati\nAirport, which soared by 93.98 per cent, triggered by the Hajj\nseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drastic surge in these international flight routes was caused by\nthe momentum of the departure of Hajj pilgrims from West Java via\nKertajati Airport. This also impacted the international air cargo\nsector, which also surged by 107.90 per cent (mtm),\u201d said Ari.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/whoosh-high-speed-train-brings-nearly-70-000-foreign-tourists-to-west-java-by-may-2026-bps-1782914004",
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