Foreign tourist arrivals picked up slightly to 158,200 in October, a 4.57% month-to-month increase from September, according to BPS. However, it was still down by 88.25% year-on-year (yoy) from the same month last year. Accumulated foreign tourist arrivals from January to October this year registered at 3.72 million, a 72.35% (yoy) decline from the same period last year. Hotel occupancy rate was still down by 9.3 points to 37.48% in October from a year earlier.