The economic recovery in the tourism sector throughout 2022 has improved. This is reflected in the number of foreign tourist visits (tourists) which has an increasing trend from month to month. In September alone, the number of foreign tourist visits reached 538,300. This figure has increased by 5.50% (mtm) and 10 thousand times compared to 2021. "Tourist visits in September have continued to increase since January 2022. The number of visits has increased to 538 thousand tourists in September," said Deputy for Distribution Statistics and Services at BPS, Setianto at the BPS Building, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (1/11/2022). Based on the entrance, Setianto said that the highest number of foreign tourists visited was through the gate of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar-Bali. Foreign guests from the main door are dominated by tourists from Australia, France, England, Germany and the United States. "(They came) using a visit visa for 30 days," he said. Meanwhile, the next largest arrival gate is at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang-Banten. The tourists who enter through this door come from Malaysia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan and India. But cumulatively, during the month of September, the largest foreign tourist visits based on their country of origin are Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Setianto said that if it was accumulated throughout 2022, from January to September there were 2.68 million foreign tourists visiting. This figure is much higher than the same period last year of 86,245 foreign tourist visits. In fact, throughout 2021 there were only 141,211 foreign tourists visiting. "We see a cumulative increase of 2,000% because the number of foreign tourists visiting the previous year was very small. Now there are 2 million foreign tourists visiting," he concluded.

The state-owned airline Garuda Indonesia has re-opened flights from Japan to Indonesia. Now, the Narita-Denpasar PP route is open. The purpose of opening this route is to encourage the level of foreign tourists, especially Japan, to travel to Bali. The re-operation of this route completes direct connectivity from Japan to Indonesia via the previously served Haneda – Jakarta PP route. President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, said that the re-operation of this route was the company's effort to continue to accelerate performance recovery measures. But at the same time, it is aligned with Garuda Indonesia's commitment to continue to contribute to the recovery program for Bali tourism as one of the leading national tourist destinations. "The re-operation of this flight is not only our effort to optimize the momentum of reopening entry to and from Japan, it is also our effort to develop Bali as a strategic hub in the Central Indonesia region as an entry point for foreign tourists to Indonesia," he said in a statement, Friday (21/10/2022). "The reopening of the Narita - Denpasar PP flight in the future will also continue to be developed to optimize cargo market opportunities, especially for export activities of superior commodities in Eastern Indonesia and its surroundings," added Irfan. According to him, the reopening of this flight is also an effort by the company to support the G20 international event which will be held in Bali in mid-November. "The re-operation of this flight route is a positive outlook for the recovery of the air transportation sector, especially through increasing international passenger traffic from Japan following the reopening of the border between these countries," said Irfan. The schedule is Narita – Denpasar round trip will be served three times every week. Namely, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday using the Airbus A330-300 fleet which has a capacity of 251 passengers with 36 business class and 215 economy class configurations. The Narita-Denpasar return flight will be served by GA881 which departs from Narita international airport at 11.00 LT and will arrive at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali at 18.05 WITA. Meanwhile, the Denpasar – Narita roundtrip flight will be served by GA880 and departs from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali at 00.25 WITA and will arrive at Narita International Airport at 08.40 LT.

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