Here you can read the experiences of one of our Chinese students with the Master TDM from the field research Bali, Indonesia. This blogpost, including the pictures, was written by Libo Zha (Jack). Enjoy the read!
Bali, a popular tourism destination that had been developed for decades, has been chosen as the last stop of our field research. I had already learned some information before we arrived. But I still surprised by some facts when we had meeting with the big hotel’s stakeholder group in Bali on first week. Except all statistics related to tourism, a quite unique local organization drew my attention-Banjar. It is a kind of local government body that keep manage to keep balance between local people and foreign investors. The reputations about Banjar from our meetings divided into extremely two opposite way, people either like it or hate it. But no one can ignore its importance. That was first lesson for me about Bali’s context, which showed if you wanted to know the fact, only people’s opinions were not enough.
Our group stayed in Jimbaran for 2 weeks. Compare to the crowded Kuta, Jimbaran is a quite peaceful and original area located at the south of Bali Island. Though famous for its beach, seafood and sunset, Jimbaran does not receive too much tourists as Kuta does. Surprisingly, the hospitality in Jimbaran, on the other hand, is as good as Kuta. Every day we finished our work, we usually went to the same warung-which means the small family restaurant- to have dinner, because of the waitress’ smile and nice greetings, and of course, the cheap and wonderful food. I realize it was indeed a special selling point for tourism in Bali-the authentic Baliness warm welcome.
Within Blinking of eyes, we have already finished our whole field trip. I would say the biggest harvest for me, is to enrich my experiences, learn to listen the truth behind the answer, get to know how work together with people in different background, and furthermore, helps me understand better about this world.
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