The Central Statistic Bureau for Bali is posting a more modes target for foreign tourist arrivals to Bali in 2013 – projecting only 2.8 million foreign tourist, a figure less than the 2.9 million achieved in 2012.
The chief of the Bali Statistic Bureau (BPS) said he estimated an average 220,000 foreign tourist would come to the island each month in 2013.
Official arrival statistics for the month of January 2013 showed only 212,657 tourists visited Bali in January, a figure lagging 14.35% behind foreign arrivals in the same month last year. The drop in January figures is to the fact that January is low season in Bali.
Arrivals have declined in January for the Australian, Russian, U.S., Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysian, Dutch, French and Singaporean markets.