Tag: tourists

Retail Asia31/07/2017
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Tourism Ministry claimed that they will keep adding the number of international flight routes especially from Asia Pacific to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. One of the potential markets targeted is South Korean tourists. Tourism Ministry’s Asia Pacific deputy assistant Vincent Djemadu said that the potential tourists from Asia Pacific to Indonesia are high in number. […]

Retail Asia06/07/2017
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State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa I said that over 1 million passengers have traveled through Balis Ngurah Rai International Airport during the homecoming flow of post-fasting travelers since 10 days (D-10) before the Lebaran D-Day to D+4. Head of Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, […]

Retail Asia01/06/2017
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Despite the decline of tourist arrivals into Hong Kong last year and challenges in the luxury retail sector, Italian-owned mall operator RDM has just opened its first Hong Kong outlet. Located in the KC100 complex near Kwai Hing MTR station, Florentia Village is hoping to attract 500,000 customers this year thanks to its proximity to […]

Retail Asia13/03/2017
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The Tourism Ministry, in cooperation with Chinese provincial tourism administrations, aims to raise the number of tourist arrivals from China by 50 percent to 2.1 million in 2017 from 1.4 million last year. The ministry’s director for Asia-Pacific tourism promotion, Vinsensius Jemadu, said that this year’s increase would be part of Indonesia’s target to attract […]

Retail Asia01/03/2017
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About 2.89 million Indonesians visited Singapore throughout 2016, the biggest contribution of tourists to the city state, about 17.7 percent of the country’s 16.4 million total foreign tourist arrivals, according to a statement released by Singapore Tourism Board (STB). The number of tourists from Indonesia grew by 6 percent, which was categorized as a sharp […]

Retail Asia15/02/2017
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According to the Airports of Thailand (AOT) the country’s aviation industry performance only improved ‘slightly’ between October-December 2016 (Q1 FY2017), due to a reduced number of Chinese tourists visiting through ‘illegal tours’. During the period, concession revenue grew by just +2.68% year-on-year to Baht 3,302.71m (US$94m). “After the repressive measures against illegal tours by the […]

Retail Asia15/02/2017
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Tourism spending was a silver lining for the struggling retail industry last year. Tourists spent $4.3 billion on shopping between January and September. That is nearly 50 per cent more than in the same period in 2015, according to figures released yesterday by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). And local businesses are benefiting. These visitors […]

Retail Asia23/01/2017
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Bali is expected to attract 40 percent of the total target of 15 million foreign tourists to Indonesia in 2017. The province has been given a bigger portion than other regions because it still remains the prime destination for foreign tourists, according to the Assistant Deputy for Tourism Human Resource Development, Wisnu Bawa Tarunajaya, on […]

Retail Asia11/01/2017
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Indonesia is seeking to lure more European tourists to visit the country by promoting its national tourism industry in the Matka-Nordic Travel Fair 2017 that will be held from January 19-22 in Messukeskus, Helsinki, Finland. “Indonesia has set the target of attracting at least 2.1 million European tourists to Indonesia,” Deputy Assistant of Europe, Middle […]

Retail Asia04/01/2017
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More than 4.48 million foreign tourists visited Bali via the resort islands Ngurah Rai Airport from January to November 2016, up 23.52 percent from 3.63 million in the same period last year. Some 4.48 million tourists traveled to Bali by air, and 70,449 others by sea, Chief of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Office in […]

Retail Asia26/12/2016
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The tourist resort province of Bali, which had received 4.07 million foreign tourist arrivals up to October, is expected to have attracted more than 4.4 million more tourists by the end of the year. “Foreign tourist arrivals account for 40 percent of the national target of about 15 million tourists,” said the Head of the […]


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