Palembang, South Sumatra (ANTARA News) - South Sumatra received 521 foreign tourists via Sultan Mahmud Badarudin II airport in May 2011, up 1.56 percent from the previous month. The figure also showed a 330.58 percent increase from 121 foreign tourists visiting the province in May 2010, Haslani Haris, the head of the South Sumatra Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said here recently.

Padang, West Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The number of foreign tourist arrivals in West Sumatra via Minangkabau International Airport and Teluk Bayur seaport reached 3,051 people in June 2011. The June 2011 arrivals increased 14.31 percent from 2,669 tourists in May 2011," Head of the West Sumatra Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Muchsin Ayub said here on Thursday. The Tour de Singkarak international cycling race had boosted the number of the foreign tourists to West Sumatra, he said.