Number of visitors to Bali

[nicki_ls]

Where can i find a timeline of tourism development(visitor numbers) of Bali from the 1930's?

[homer]

Tourism in Bali began in the early 1920's when its Dutch rulers first promoted the island as a cruise destination. By 1930 there were around 100 tourists a year visiting - and by the onset of World War II it was up to 250 visitors a year. Clearly the growth in availability of air travel - not least the introduction of long haul flight -and the increase of disposable wealth had an incremental affect on Balinese tourism as it did worldwide. But for years there were extreme political relationship in the area. An abortive coup of 1965 - with subsequent mass killing - did little to headline Bali as a major holiday attraction, and so it was only after 1965 that tourism really took off. The Balinese wisely insisted that tourism development followed cultural guidelines (i.e not just beach holidays, but cultural education as well) which was called "pariwisata budaya". The latest official figures, released this year, only chart the period from 1990 to 1999, when 4,727,520 tourists visited. Over the last ten days the average length of stay was 9.84 days. For a breakdown of visitor numbers by nationality for 1990-1999, visit http://www.tourismindonesia.com/index_country_fact
s.html

[eram]

Department of Justice, Bali
NUMBERS OF FOREIGN VISITORS (DIRECT ARRIVAL)

Source : Department of Justice, Bali
Data until October 2001

Year Number of Visitors Change

1969 11,278
1970 24,340 115.8%
1971 34,313 41.0%
1972 47,004 37.0%
1973 53,803 14.5%
TOTAL 170,738 52.1%


1974 57,456 6.8%
1975 75,790 31.9%
1976 115,220 52.0%
1977 119,095 3.4%
1978 133,225 11.9%
TOTAL 500,786 21.2%


1979 120,084 -9.9%
1980 146,644 22.1%
1981 158,926 8.4%
1982 152,364 -4.1%
1983 170,505 11.9%
TOTAL 748,523 5.7%


1984 189,460 11.1%
1985 211,244 11.5%
1986 243,354 15.2%
1987 309,294 27.1%
1988 360,415 16.5%

TOTAL 1,313,767 16.3%

1989 436,358 21.1%
1990 490,729 12.5%
1991 555,939 13.3%
1992 738,533 32.8%
1993 885,516 19.9%
TOTAL 3,107,075 19.9%


1994 1,032,476 16.6%
1995 1,015,314 -1.7%
1996 1,140,988 12.4%
1997 1,230,316 7.8%
1998 1,187,153 -3.5%
TOTAL 5,606,247 6.3%



1999 1,355,799 14.2%
2000 1,412,839 4.2%
2001 1,194,525 -15.5%
TOTAL 10,756,563 1.2%
*Until October 2001