Monday, January 1, 2018

Bali welcomes more American tourists

Bali news and views editor's comments:

I have been predicting there will be a substantial rise in American tourists to Bali for several reasons.
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First and foremost number the one country that has been reading my Bali News and Views blogs over the last seven years has been Americans. So obviously they have an interest in Bali. 

Now it seems they are  turning their dreams into reality.

Secondly is the fact that recently on December 2nd. Tripadvisor announced that Bali was the most searched destination on this Tripadvisors website, the largest in the world. I have to only assume that a large percentage of those searches were Americans.

So Bali get ready for a substantial increase in American tourists in the future. Which is great because Americans usually spend more money per person then most other tourists.

And as I always say Bali's real estate demand is directly proportional to Bali's tourist demand. 

Therefore the more Americans coming to Bali the more Americans will buy real estate here especially when they realize the substantial profits they can have plus other benefits.
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News Desk

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Sun, December 31, 2017 | 02:30 pm
A path leading to the top of a lush, green hill in Ubud, Bali. (Shutterstock/-)

The number of American tourists arriving in Bali is said to have increased by 18.39 percent year-on-year (yoy) to 164,338 visitors between January and October 2017.

“Most of these US citizens entered through Ngurah Rai International Airport using direct flights; only 3,130 people came via cruise ship,” said Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) statistics distribution department head I Gede Nyoman Subadri in Denpasar on Sunday as quoted by Antara news agency.

Based on the number, the US ranked sixth among the top 10 countries that contributed the largest number of tourists to Bali, behind China, Australia, Japan, India and United Kingdom.

Read also: Obama's vacation beneficial to Indonesia tourism: Minister

Subadri said the US contributed up to 3.27 percent of the total foreign tourists to Bali, which reached 5.02 million during the January-October period. The figure represented a 23.30 percent increase from last year, which means the Island of the Gods welcomed an additional 948,917 foreign visitors this year.

“More Americans traveled to Bali after former US president Barack Obama and his family vacationed here for five days back in June,” Subadri said.

During their vacation, the Obamas visited several tourist attractions on the island, such as the Ubud arts village, Jati Luwih in Tabanan regency and Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring village, Gianyar regency. (kes)

Topics :
bali, foreign-tourists, tourism, united-states

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