Global Recession be Damned! Bali Arrivals are Growing
Bali by the Numbers: Arrival Numbers Grow as Australia Displaces Japan as Bali's Top Source Market for Foreign Visitors.
(6/8/2009) Foreign tourist arrival to Bali in April 2009 totaled 179,879
representing the best April on record for Bali tourism and 21.94%
improvement over April 2008 (147,515).
View cumulatively, the first four months of 2009 saw 645,061 foreign
tourists come to Bali, an increase of 8.15% when compared to the same
period last year (596,469).
As predicted by balidiscovery.com, April 2009 also saw the historical
unseating of Japan by Australia from its top-ranking as the largest
source market for Bali. Through the end of the first four months of 2009
Australian arrivals totaled 102,179 – increasing 30.08% as compared to
the same period in 2008. Meanwhile, reflecting their troubled national
economy, Japanese visitors decreased 7.45% for the first 4 months of
2009.
Similarly, South Korea, which is traditionally Bali #3 source market,
declined to a #5 ranking as that nation's economy faltered and arrivals
dipped 5.62% over the first four months of 2009. Taiwan which has long
been Bali's #4 market, is now relegated to the #7 position.
The Winners
Markets clocking improvements for the period January-April were:
Australia (+30.08%), People's Republic of China (+54.03), Malaysia
(+37.70%). Russia (+4.75%), The Netherlands (+0.42%) and France
(+25.32%).
The Losers
The markets in decline for Bali over the first four months of 2009 were;
Japan (-7.45%), Taiwan (-23.24%), South Korea (-5.62%), U.S.A.
(-1.80%), Germany (-11.66%) and the United Kingdom (-6.50%).
Source : http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=5289
