Report of the Ministry of
Tourism and Creative Economy 2013 posted significant increase in tourist
expenditure in Indonesia. In 2013, 8.6 million foreign tourists coming to Indonesia
contributed forex of USD 9.8 billion or around Rp 119.8 trillion, meaning an
increase against income of 2012 at USD 9.1 billion or around Rp 110.8 trillion.
Forex income from tourism was most meaningful to state’s
income amidst declining income from export due to sluggish global economy.
Meanwhile, in 2013 expenditures by domestic tourists came to Rp66.5 trillion,
or an increase of 9.2% against that of 2012 at only Rp60.9 trillion. Income
from international and domestic tourists brought positive impact on economic
growth of the real sector in tourism centers like hotel accommodation,
transportation service, handicrafts making, souvenirs, entertainment etc as the
fund was directly flowing in to the people.
Data of BPS obtained on Monday [13/1] mentioned that room
occupancy at starred hotels on November 2013 in 23 provinces in Indonesia came
to 56.10% on the average or up by 0.91 points against that of November 2012 at
55.19%. Meanwhile room occupancy of hotels in October 2013 was posted at 54.23%,
in November 2013 increase was 1.87%.
In November 2013 highest room occupancy pas posted in the
Province of North Sulawesi 96.78%, followed by Central Sulawesi 69.34% and East
Kalimantan 66.48%; while the lowest was in North Sumatra posted at 44.08%.
Increase of room occupancy [RO] in November 2013 against
November 2012 was in some provinces, with highest increase in the province of
North Sulawesi 20.13 point, followed by West Nusa Tenggara 13.43 point, and the
South Kalimantan Province 10.56 points. Meanwhile against October 2013,
increase or hotel’s RO in November 2013 was in most provinces, the highest
increase in the Province of Bali 0.37 points.
By hotels classification, the highest RO in starred
hotels by November 2013 was posted in 5-star hotels 60.71%. Meanwhile the
lowest was in 1-star hotels at 48.20%.
Length of stay
Length of stay [LS] of foreign tourists in starred hotels
in Indonesia through November 2013 in 23 provinces came to 1.86 days with
posted downturn of 0.04 points against average LS in November 2012. Meanwhile
compared to average LS in October 2013 there was downturn of 0.05 days.
Generally speaking the average LS of foreign tourists in November 2013 was
higher than average LS of tourists coming to Indonesia by 2.66 days and 1.70 days
respectively.
The breakdown by province the average length of stay in
Indonesia was the highest in the province of Bali 3.12 days, followed by NTB
2.58 days and East Kalimantan 2.57 days. The lowest LS of visitors was West
Java 1.46 days. In terms of foreign tourists, the average LS was : in the
province of West Kalimantan 4.46 days. The shortest LS was in the province of
West Java 1.62 days. As with visitors to Indonesia, the highest LS in Bali 2.65
days, the shortest in West Java 1.40 days. (SS)
Business News - January 17, 2014
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