A total of 458,109 Australians visited Bali between January and July this year, up 2.76 percent from 445,784 in the same period last year, said I Gede Suarsa, head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) office in Bali province on Monday.
Australian tourists made up 25.58 percent of overall tourist arrivals in Bali, which reached 1.79 million in the year ended July 31, 2013.
Suarsa said most Australians travelled to Bali via direct flights from their country, with 5,880 visiting Bali on cruise ships.
China trailed behind in second place and Japan in third place as Bali’s major source of visitors, contributing 12.65 percent and 6.35 percent tourist arrivals respectively in the same period.
Between January and July this year, the number of Japanese tourists rose by 15.86 percent, Malaysia at 9.97 percent, South Korea (0.15 percent), Singapore (13.45 percent), France (0.91 percent), and the United States (8.86 percent).
Tourist arrivals from Britain fell by 2.76 percent to 63,895 from 65,709 in the same period last year.
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