Netherlands, South Korea, Russia, and several other countries are the potential market for Bali’s tourism. They are potential because most of the foreign tourists visited Bali in the past few years were coming from those countries.
Ida Komang Wisnu, the head of Bali Statistic Department, said “the government and other tourism components must intensify the promotion to those countries.” He added that the number of people from Netherlands, South Korea, and Russia visited Bali is increasing in the last few years.
“Previously, those countries are not counted as the countries that can supply a lot of tourists to Bali,” Wisnu said.
He also explained that the number of tourists from Netherlands visited Bali in January 2010 was 6,226. The number increased 40% compare to the same period last year which was 4,444 people.
While in 2009, the total number of tourists from Netherlands was 77, 526 people. The number increase 22% compare to the previous year which was 63,471 tourists. The tourists from Netherlands contributed 3% from the total number of tourists visited Bali in January 2010.
Wisnu explained that other countries were also increasing in the total number of tourists visited Bali. They were Autralia which increased almost 60% Russia and South Korea. While there is also decreased happened to some countries susch as Japan, China, Taiwan, malaysia, France, and USA.

News by International Bali Post

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