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The visit of foreign tourists in May this year is dominated by Chinese tourists. Central Bureau of Statistics recorded that more than 181,000 tourists from China visited Indonesia in May this year. Meanwhile, the visit of foreign tourists viewed based on the region, Southeast Asia or ASEAN countries dominated the visit in period of January until May this year. This was stated by Head of Central Bureau of Statistics, Kecuk Suhariyanto in press conference in Jakarta, on Monday (2/7).

“Based on the nation, there are not many changes. In May,  the most foreign tourists were from China, 15.11 percent, followed by Malaysia 15 percent, then from East Timor, Australia, and Singapore. So, the most countries mostly visiting Indonesiaare from the five countries. Based on the region the date is from January-May 2018, cumulatively to make the firmer data. In ASEAN in January-May 2018 the number of foreign tourists from ASEAN increases”.

Suhariyanto added that number of the visit of foreign tourist in May 2018 also influenced the development of transportation. Domestic air transportationis recorded 7.27 million and international flight 1.41 million people. Passenger of the ship is recorded 1.74 million people and train 35.48 million people (VOI/REZHA/Trans-yati/AHM)