Indah Setiawati , The Jakarta Post , Bunaken Island
Manado has long been famous for the nearby Bunaken Island and its marine park.
The fact the city now hosts the World Ocean Conference and the Coral Triangle Initiatives Summit strengthens that attribute. (more…)
AirAsia is preparing to launch its latest international route with direct daily flights between Perth and the exotic Indonesian island destination of Bali.
Seats for the new route are now available from IDR429,000 (A$139 nett). For Indonesia, the fare quoted is excluding airport tax and administration fees, for one way travel only. For Australia, the fare includes airport tax and administration fees, for one way travel only. The booking period is until 10 May, 2009 for travel between 17 July 2009 and 31 January 2010. (more…)
By Kevin Brass
Pantai Lima, a cluster of five luxury villas on the west coast of Bali, is the first development built by former Hong Kong derivatives trader Mathias Echene and his wife, Gaelle.
“Pantai Lima is not just another cookie cutter-estate where villas are identical to one another and shoe-horned into a tiny plot of land,” said Mr. Echene, who left his job as Asia head of derivative structuring for Calyon, the investment banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, in 2006. (more…)
Perth has become the first Australian city to be serviced from Indonesia with direct daily flights to and from Bali.
This morning AirAsia launched a new route from Perth to Bali with a special “free flight” promotion. (more…)
Wasti Atmodjo , The Jakarta Post , Denpasar
Bali is adopting a consolidation farm (CF) program on Subak Anggabaya in East Denpasar to enhance the province’s rice-sustainability.
I Gede Ambara Putra, head of the agriculture office, said this is the newest national program in the agricultural sector. He said the program focused on strengthening and integrating the agricultural sector, ranging from the improvement of irrigation infrastructure, technical assistance for farmers, to the distribution and marketing of the harvest yields. (more…)
JAKARTA, May 1 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s foreign tourist arrivals rose just 1.9 percent in March from a year ago, data showed on Friday, as a global economic slowdown curbed foreign travel.
Tourism accounts for about 3 percent of gross domestic product in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, but some areas, including the resort island of Bali, are heavily dependent on tourism for jobs and growth. (more…)
Best Western New Kuta Condotel, recently opened to bring Best Western International standards and style to the heart of Bali, Indonesia, is offering golfing guests the opportunity to combine a stay on the fabled island with their favorite pastime played out on a world-class gem of a course in an all-inclusive new package. (more…)
YOGYAKARTA, April 29 (Bernama) — Indonesia needs to open tourism information centres abroad to support tourism promotion in various sectors, Indonesian Tourism Humanity Friendship Forum (Fosipa) chairman H Sarbini said here on Wednesday.
“It is time for the government to open tourism information centers at every Indonesian embassy to net more foreign tourists visiting Indonesia,” Antara news agency quoted Sarbini as saying. (more…)
Putri Prameshwari
The Bali-Darwin route abandoned by flag carrier Garuda Indonesia seems to have no takers.
Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said on Tuesday that he regretted the flag carrier’s April 2 decision to stop all flights linking Denpasar, Bali, with Darwin, Australia, but added that the ministry would offer the route to other airlines . (more…)
From Agence France-Presse
TRUNYAN, Indonesia (AFP) - Bali’s rapid development as a tourist destination has transformed the island’s culture, but in the isolated village of Trunyan the dead bear witness to centuries of unbroken tradition.
The proud people of Trunyan don’t cremate or bury their dead like other Hindu Balinese — they lay them out to rot under a sacred banyan tree believed to be the earthly form of a sky goddess. (more…)