JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reported more than 2.2 million international passengers in the first two months of 2025, climbing 11 percent year on year, official data showed Monday.

Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport General Manager Ahmad Syaugi Shahab told local media on Monday that the airport management had also recorded around 12,000 aircraft movements between January and February this year, a 7 percent increase year on year.

"In comparison to last year, the movement of passengers and aircraft on international routes has experienced quite a good increase," he said.

The international route contributing the highest increase is to Singapore, with around 380,000 passengers with over 2,000 aircraft movements. It is followed by the Kuala Lumpur route in second place, serving over 260,000 passengers from around 1,700 aircraft movements.

"Melbourne is the third highest destination city, with a total of 178,170 passengers. Meanwhile, in terms of aircraft movements, Perth is in third place after Kuala Lumpur, with a total of 1,151 flight movements," he said.

The airport also reported that the number of foreign nationals arriving and departing was recorded at approximately 1 million people, with passengers holding Australian passports in first place with around 230,000 people, or 23 percent of the total foreign nationals. Enditem

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