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Revenues earned by visas-on-arrival (VOA) at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport on a cumulative basis during January – September 2011 have produced a record US$42 million.
Visitors from a large number of countries are allowed to purchase a 30-day visa upon arrival in Indonesian. The VOA receipts for July 2011, for example, totaled US$5.8 million, reducing to US$5.4 million in August and to US$5.1 million in September.
Tourists from ASEAN countries and selected other nations are exempt from purchasing a VOA. Based on the total of 2,052,083 foreign tourists visiting Bali January-September 2011, nearly 18% of Bali’s foreign visitors hailed from countries exempt from paying the VOA fees.
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