(Xinhua file photo: Passengers walk on the platform of Halim Station in Jakarta. The Indonesian capital, December 25, 2023)
Jakarta, January 3 (Xinhua) — On Tuesday (January 2), Indonesia’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that Indonesia received over 10.4 million foreign tourists in the first 11 months (January-November) of 2023, an increase of 110.8 percent from to compare with the same period in 2022.
Amalia Adingar Vidyasanti, Acting Head of the Office said in a statement that the number of foreign tourists was 917,410 people, counting November alone. An increase of 30.17 percent year on year. However, it fell by 6.24 per cent compared to October. 2023 The number of foreign tourists in November was mainly from Malaysia (15.45 per cent), Singapore (12.86 per cent) and Australia (12.76 per cent).
Although the number of foreign tourists through November 2023 is higher than the 2022 figure, it is still lower than the 14.7 million tourists recorded in the same period in 2019, which was before the start of the infectious disease pandemic. A new strain of coronavirus (COVID -19)
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