Fewer Cruise Ships Headed to Indonesia

Cruise visits Down as Port in Bali Tanah AMPO are not yet ready to receive large ships.

The number of times on cruises from Indonesia in 2011 is estimated at only 31, a decrease of the projected figures in the last year due to cancellation of planned ship visits to Bali and Komodo.

How Bisnis Indonesia reported, data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 127 774 206 tourists visited Indonesia several ships a total of 206 separate interviews. In contrast, in 2011 only 31 vessels are expected to Indonesia with the transportation of passengers on Call 105 926 161st

Sapta Nirwandar, the chief marketing officer for the Ministry explained the decline and said, "is coming to this event due to ships Bali and Komodo, prepared mainly because the ports are not."

Culture and tourism officials are optimistic, however, increase the number of actual calls in the course of the year.

Most cruise ships called in the fall of Indonesia's middle class passenger capacity between 500-600 are called seniors who spend as much as U.S. $ 50-US $ 100 per port.