Project Location Toba

Tourist Visit

Foreign Tourists

Total foreign tourist arrivals (tourists) to North Sumatra through various entrances amounted to 270,782 in 2017, or 1.9 percent of the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in the same year. Foreign tourist arrivals tend to fluctuate but are in the range of 200 thousand visits in the 2013-2017 period.

Picture Tourist Visit to North Sumatera Based on the Entrance

Source BPS, North Sumatera in figures, 2018

The following table shows the comparison of the contribution of international arrivals in North Sumatra to international arrivals throughout Indonesia, which also indicates growth rates for the 10 main markets of foreign tourists in North Sumatra.

Table  Comparison of North Sumatera's and Indonesia's Main Market 2017

Source: BPS, North Sumatera in figures (with an upscaling of 10%), 2019; and Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, 2019

            Domestic Tourists

The number of domestic tourists visiting North Sumatra in 2018 reached 11,586,299 trips, an increase of 8.7 percent compared to 2017. This domestic tour mostly aims to visit friends / family (51.0 percent) and recreation (39.4 percent).

Table  Development of the 8th Nusantara Tourist Around Lake Toba

Source: Regency in figures (2013-2018), Karo Tourism Data(2017), Humbang Hasundutan Tourism Data (2017), Pakpak Bharat Tourism Data (2014 – 2015), Toba Samosir Tourism Data (2016)