Bali

12 06, 2008

BALI – Tourism Board Calls for More Attention to Tourist Sites

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Balidiscovery.com,(6/9/2008)

BisnisBali says that the Bali Tourism Board (BTB) has told all the regencies in Bali to upgrade their tourism sites and place less emphasis on drives to seek new tourism investments. The Chairman of the BTB Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya said, “What’s most pressing is the repair of tourism sites not the building of […]

12 06, 2008

BALI – Emerging Markets

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Balidiscovery.com, 6/7/2008

Also shown on Balidiscovery.com, arrivals from the People’s Republic of China, Russia, India, Malaysia and Singapore have risen dramatically. Russian, Chinese and Indian arrivals date their ascension from a loosening of visa rules by the Indonesian government for visitors from those countries and increasingly easy air access to Bali from those locations.

Malaysian and […]

12 06, 2008

BALI – Bali Legislators and Regional Officials Inspect Buildings

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Balidiscovery.com, 6/9/2008

The Uluwatu inspection team was said to be shocked to discover that several of the illegal villas have been in operation since 2002, constructed during the administration of Cok Ratmadi as Regent of Badung. When asked about the many building violations, the Secretary of Commission B of the House of Representatives, Wayan Sudiana, […]

2 06, 2008

BALI – May Achieve 2.1 M Foreign Visitors in 2008

By |June 2nd, 2008|Asia, Bali, Markets|Comments Off on BALI – May Achieve 2.1 M Foreign Visitors in 2008

Balidiscovery.com, (6/1/2008)

Bali stayed on track for a record year with April 2008 arrivals totaling 147,515, an improvement of 17.88% over April 2007 (125,140). On an aggregate basis for January-April 2008, Bali has accumulated 594,068 visitors showing a year-on-date increase of 25.74% over the same period in 2007 (472,450).
Projected Arrivals for 2008

If current trends continues, […]

20 05, 2008

BALI – to Face Tough Competition from Lombok

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Balidiscovery.com, (5/18/2008)

An article in Nusa Bali has spotlighted growing concerns that a tourism mega-project on the nearby island of Lombok, currently being developed by the Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC), may represent strong future competition to Bali.

Located in the southern part of the island, the Lombok project is being financed by an U.A.E. company, […]

7 05, 2008

BALI – Crackdown on Construction Near Uluwatu

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Balidiscovery.com, (4/26/2008)

Public complaints that villas have been built within a 5 kilometer “no-building” sacred zone surround Bali’s Uluwatu temple, have caused Bali’s Governor Made Beratha to request an urgent crackdown against all structures falling within the protected area. The Governor also condemned residents of Pecatu (near Uluwatu), who have demanded that the “no-build” zone […]

6 05, 2008

BALI – Government Threatens to Close Illegal Bali Villas

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Balidiscovery.com, (4/11/2008)

Nusa Bali reports that the “clean up” of hundreds of unlicensed villas operating as commercial ventures continues apace, with some 6 villas receiving visits my a multi-department inspection team each working day. With the latest deadline of August 29, 2008 for finalization of permits looming ahead, the newspapers reports that hundreds of villas […]

13 03, 2008

BALI – still main destination of Australian tourists

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eTN, Feb 19, 2008Denpasar, Bali (Antara) – Bali appears to have remained a main destination for Australians as the number of Australian tourists visiting Bali is only second to that of Japanese tourists, a local statistical official said.

Some 204,473 Australian tourists were among a total of 1,666,079 foreign tourists who visited Bali in 2007, […]

19 02, 2008

BALI – Tourism Investments Dominated by Hotels and Resorts

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Balidiscovery.com (2/16/2008)

Bisnis Bali estimates that the value of new investments in hotels and recreational facilities in Bali for the period January – November 2007 reached Rp. 1.4 trillion (US$152.2 million) comprised of 38 projects.
70% of the new investment in Bali is centered on the hotel and resort sector. According to research conducted by the […]

19 02, 2008

BALI – Kuta Apartment Complex Raises Local Zoning Issues

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Balidiscovery.com (2/9/2008)
Quoting a member of the Badung House of Representatives (DPRD) from nearby Legian, IGN Sudiarsa, the Bali Post questioned the building of the large apartment complex in an area zoned for residential purposes. In the legislator’s opinion, the operation of a commercial apartment complex including shopping and dining facilities is not in conformance […]