FOREIGN TOURISTS STAY LONGER IN BALI
Kompas.com, 31/08/2009
Foreign tourists who came to Bali last June spent an average of 3.54 days on the island, according to the local statistics office.
"The figure represents an increases by 0,09 percent compared to May 2009 when their average length of stay was 3.45 days," chief of Bali province’s Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Ida Komang Wisnu, said here on Monday.
He said both foreign and domestic tourists used star-rated hotel during their stay in Bali. This had a positive effect on the occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in Bali which during June 2009 reached an average of 62.77 percent or up 2.51 percent from 60.26 percent in May.
Ida Komang Wisnu said the highest occupancy rate was achieved by hotels in Badung district, namely 68,18 percent, and while hotels in Buleleng district had the lowest occupancy rate at 30.47 percent. He further said, five-star hotels had an occupancy rate of 67.54 percent, four-star hotels 65.50 percent and three-star hotels 61.83 percent.
Meanwhile, two-star hotels in Bali had an occupancy rate of 44,08 percent and one-star hotels 47.92 percent. Ida added non-star hotels in Bali had an occupancy rate of 32.62 percent in June 2009. The number was down from May 2009 when it was 33.74 percent.
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