Tourist arrivals in Indonesia unaffected by flight ban
The ban on the Indonesian airlines by the European Aviation Authority to fly over its airspace has not affected the flow of European tourists arriving in the country, a spokesman said.
By Agencies |
JAKARTA: The ban on the Indonesian airlines by the European Aviation Authority to fly over its airspace has not affected the flow of European tourists arriving in the country, a spokesman said.
"We do not see any impact of the ban on the flow of European tourists into Indonesia because in reality we have no airlines flying the European space," Central Board of Statistics (BPS) head Rusman Heriawan said Monday.
He said that the European tourists came to Indonesia aboard foreign flights.
The number of British tourists arriving in Indonesia in July reached 12,083, an increase by 11.83 per cent compared with that of the previous month which totalled 10,805, he said.
The number of German tourists also increased 26.73 per cent from 8,017 to 10,160 in June. Drastic increase has happened in case of Dutch tourist arrivals which rose 93.30 per cent from 9,124 to 17,637.
The BPS chief said that the overall number of tourists arriving in Indonesia in July increased 16.31 per cent to 423.5 thousands if compared with that in the same period in 2006. But if compared with that in the previous month (June), it rose 2.57 per cent only.
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