Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #35

ASIA PACIFIC INBOUND
TRENDING DESTINATIONS
BALI:
MASSIVE
GROWTH
CONTINUES
As Bali continues to attract more visitors
year after year, investors continue to
add capacities on the Island, meaning
infrastructure and maintenance will
need to keep up with the pace!
Bali remains Indonesia tourism’s biggest
success story. In 2016, while foreign tourist
arrivals to Indonesia grew by 15.5% to
reach 12.02 million, Bali saw
total foreign arrivals jumping
by 23.6% to 4.88 million!
The island alone accounts
for almost 41% of all arrivals
to the country. According to
data for January-April 2017,
Bali recorded another 25%
jump in international visitors.
In a February report,
consulting cabinet Horwath
HTL expressed some
concern over Bali’s unabated
development. In 2015,
Horwath HTL recorded a
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total of 335 hotels and more than 40,000
rooms with the opening of a further 12
hotels in the first 9 months of 2016 or
1,600 rooms. Until 2020, another 74 hotels
should open, a 20% increase over current
hotel stock.
Occupancy in the luxury segment was down
by 1% with ADR down by 4%. However
Upper Upscale (four star) performed better
in terms of occupancy (+5%) while ADR in
US$ remained depressed (-4%).
Horwath HDL underlines the fact that
“the maintenance of infrastructure and
the development of long-term sustainable
development goals are essential to ensure
Bali continues attracting people from all
corners of the globe”
Tanah Lot Temple,
Bali