Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has recorded a major achievement, recording a rise within the variety of travellers passing through the airport from early to mid-2024. According to the Directorate General of Immigration, there was a rise within the variety of foreign tourist arrivals, reaching 5,086,765. This is a rise of about 7.28% in comparison with the identical period in 2023, when 4,741,343 foreign tourists arrived in Indonesia.
I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport saw a 16% increase from early to mid-2024 in comparison with the primary half of 2023, when it handled only 9,743,788 passengers. In the primary half of 2024, the airport handled 11,259,019 passengers.
Of the 11,259,019 passengers passing through I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, the number is made up of two sorts of passengers: international and domestic. There were 6,562,090 international passengers and 4,696,929 domestic passengers, with the day by day variety of passengers reaching 74,563.
The increase in passenger numbers is attributed to each international and native tourists who proceed to decide on Bali as their holiday destination. This shows that Bali stays a major and popular holiday destination for many individuals. As a result, this also affects the standard of services provided by I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, which has significantly improved in the primary half of 2024.
The growth at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is just not only because of Bali being a major and attractive holiday destination, but additionally because of the air route services provided by the airport, which currently serves 22 domestic and 36 international air routes. The busiest domestic routes are Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar, while the busiest international routes are Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Perth.
This is evidenced by the report of the Bali Immigration Office, which reported that the most important variety of foreign tourists in the primary period of 2024 got here from Australia, with 724,311 passengers. Observing the trend of accelerating numbers in the primary half of 2024, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is optimistic about exceeding the targets set for the tourism sector by the top of 2024.
Supporting this enterprise is the airline’s partnership with I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport so as to add domestic and international flight routes within the second half of 2024. These flights include direct services to and from Bengaluru, India (IndiGo Airlines), Canberra (Batik Air) and Abu Dhabi (Etihad Airways).
