Bali Care / Bali Tourism Blog

This day is a last day in year 2008, and as we known it’s hard to walk in couple last months in this year. Global crisis has been a night mare for some countries and also for peoples here. In my tough, many peoples will help a same expectation for next 2009, go out from the crisis. And some Bali villas agent also have same hopes, survive in this crisis!

Couple month ago, i wrote that Bali tourism didn’t get impact from the crisis, at least until January 2009, but honestly i doubt it. I hope Bali will survive in this crisis, as Bali has experience in crisis, from Bali bomb I & II, Aceh tsunami, etc. Bali is depend on Tourism, and many peoples here have occupation in tourism related business.

We have to survive and go out from the global crisis, for prosperous new year 2009. Happy New Year to all of you!

I saw on TV this morning, that terrorist aggressed some hotels in Mumbai, India and have killed approx 100 peoples. The victims also from United Kingdom and Australia.

On my opinion, the terrorist used different strategy, they don’t only using bomb or suicidal bomber, but they also shooted and aslo hostaged the guests in hotel. They did it to find hotel guests which from US and UK.

What the effect from Bali tourism ? Tourism is really sensitive with security issue. After global crisis has implicated tourism industry in Bali, now some country such as UK, US, and Australia might be release travel warning for their citizen. I got information from my friends on tourism industry, that hotels and villas in Bali have low booking for next year as global crisis issue. We hope this crisis and also terrorist issue not decrease occupancy of hotels and villas in Bali.

My deepest sympathy for mumbai terror victims

Global financial crisis doesn’t impact to Indonesia yet, especially in East Java. It’s caused prime market of Indonesia is Asia pasific. From China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, Australia, Middle East and South Africa. Only a bit travelers are come from United States and Europe.

The Lead of east java PHRI (Association of Indonesia Hotel Entrepreneur) Yulianto Sochebu said
in next three month the crisis will be impact as gradual. It will be impact if monetary fund for transaction of business rotation in Asia Pacific come from United States and Europe. Or the crisis in United States and Europe have on run down of their peoples buying power, so it will reduce potency of market which come from its country.

The crisis itself also helped by decreasing of world oil price, and it has good implication for circle of industry and commercial, and also for the hotel industry.

In spite of that, Yulianto also said that progress of hotel industry in 2009 not better than 2008. Although it has growth of productivity, but will increase operational cost, especially a matter of impressed by enery trade policy.

Every tourism destination in Indonesia getting recovery as tourism destination such as Bali, if all
community on tourism and also decision maker on national tourism consistent to effort tourism development.

One of the main solution is opening direct flight destination to Indonesia, for example India Market, if we have direct flight from India to Indonesia, it will increase visitor to Indonesia.

Happy to hear, finally Indonesia Government trough the attorney general announced that Amrozy, Imam Samudra and Muklas will be execute their dead penalty on first of November 2008.

This announcement has been waiting by all the peoples especially Balinese, after delay since five year ago. I have dissapointed when every time i saw their killer smile on TV and never have guilt to kill 205 peoples on 2002.

We also need to wary from another Amrozy that could be bombing every where in this country. Peoples like this has been got ‘washing brain’, so it’s permitted to kill everybody that they think infidel.

Good Bye Amrozy Cs, i wish you really got heaven like you always said on TV!

Tourist who is come to Bali will be spoilt by many events. One of the event is Kuta Carnival on 18-26 October 2008. Another interesting point is another event will be held at the same time too. It is Asian Beach Games.

The head comitte of Kuta Carnival, I Komang Graha Wicaksana said that the Governor of Bali, Mr. Mangku Pastika gave his full support toward the Kuta Carnival event. According to Mr. Wicaksana, Governor had assist them within the sponsorship. There will be 20 activities to be held at the Kuta Carnival, starting from food festival which able to attract 7.000 – 8.000 visitors.

The other activities are padle for peace, music festival and kite festival will attend by 4.000 peoples. Kuta Carnival is one of the national even which supported by Government of Indonesia. Two international events at the same time are the promotional way to catch the world attention. Actual due to promote Bali Tourism