Despite record-breaking tourism numbers at Indonesia's prime beach resort of Bali, the country will again miss this year's overall target for foreign visitors, he predicted.
Due to the global economic downturn, the government has revised down its targets for 2008 foreign tourist arrivals to 'realistic figures' of around 6.4 million, from initial goal of 7 million.
According to the National Statistics Agency, the three quarters spanning January to September brought nearly 4.6 million tourists, a 12.2 per cent increase from the same period of 2007, or 4.1 million.
