400 elderly Japanese tourists due in Bali

400 elderly Japanese tourists due in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: Some 400 elderly Japanese tourists on board the MS Asuka cruise ship are expected to arrive at the Padangbai port on the Indonesian island resort of Bali on Monday, a local tourist agency said on Saturday.

Wita Dahlan of Fortune Public Relations said that tourism and culture minister I Gde Ardika and Bali Governor I Dewa Beratha will be on hand to welcome the tourists.

The visit of the elderly Japanese tourists in Bali is part of the "Asia Grand Cruise" voyage, which sailed off from Yokohama and is set to make stops in Vietnam, Singapore, Bali and the Australian city of Darwin.

Bali is popular among the Japanese, who top the annual list of foreign tourists who come to the island.

Data from the immigration office at the Ngurah Rai International Airport show that some 400,000 Japanese spent their holidays in Bali last year.

In January alone, Bali attracted 60,838 foreign tourists, some 10,290 of them were Japanese. --Antara