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Ni Komang Erviani ,  The Jakarta Post |  Wed, 07/29/2009 1:00 PM  |  Bali

The Jakarta hotel bombings will not cripple Bali’s all-important tourism industry, say event organizers on the resort island.

Society of Indonesia Professional Convention Organizers chairman Putu Juarez R. Putra said Tuesday the industry’s optimism was based on the fact the island will still host several major international events this year.

“Organizers of international conferences that will be attended by large numbers of delegates are still looking at Bali as the host venue,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

ANTISIPASI TERORISME - Seorang petugas kepolisian tengah memeriksa tas milik seorang wisatawan asal Australia yang tengah melintas dengan kendaraannya di kawasan wisata Sanur. Aparat kepolisian memperketat pengamanan kawasan wisata di Bali untuk mengantisipasi aksi terorisme. Di tengah ancaman teror, Bali menerima penghargaan sebagai The Best Island in The World 2009 dari Majalah Pariwisata Travel and Leisure (Ni Komang Erviani)

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Di tengah kekhawatiran terhadap dampak ledakan bom di Hotel JW Marriott dan Ritz Carlton Jakarta, stakeholder pariwisata Bali dikejutkan dengan penobatan Bali sebagai The Best Island in The World 2009 oleh Majalah Pariwisata Travel and Leisure. “Kami mendapat informasi ini tadi pagi. Tentu saja penobatan ini membuat bangga dan semakin optimis dengan perkembangan pariwisata Bali,” jelas Ketua Bali Tourism Board Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya ketika ditemui di kantornya Selasa (21/7). Read the rest of this entry »

Ni Komang Erviani

Guna mengantisipasi serangan bom seperti yang terjadi di Jakarta Jumat
(17/7), Pemerintah Kabupaten Badung berencana memasang puluhan CCTV
(closed circuit television) di kawasan wisata Kuta. “Kami akan segera
memasang sebanyak 35 CCTV di kawasan Kuta. Proses pemasangannya
dimotori oleh Mabes Polri,” jelas Bupati Badung Anak Agung Gde Agung
usai menghikuti Rapat Koordinasi Pengamanan di Mapoltabes Denpasar
Sabtu (18/7).

Selain kawasan wisata Kuta, pemasangan CCTV juga akan dilakukan di
kawasan Kuta Selatan sebanyak 23 unit dan Kuta Utara sebanyak 3 unit.
“Langkah pengamanan sudah kami lakukan secara berkesinambungan. Tapi
pengamanannya tentu akan kami tingkatkan dengan peristiwa bom di
Jakarta,” tegasnya pria berkumis itu.

Ni Komang Erviani

Peledakan bom di hotel JW Marriott dan Ritz Carlton Jakarta pada Jumat
(17/7) belum berpengaruh pada tingkat hunian hotel di Bali. Hingga
Sabtu (18/7), tingkat hunian hotel masih tetap tinggi. “Tingkat hunian
hotel masih berada di kisaran 70-80 persen. Belum ada cancellation
seperti yang dikhawatirkan,” jelas Ketua Bali Tourism Board Ida Bagus
Ngurah Wijaya ditemui di kantornya Sabtu (18/7).

Menurut Ngurah Wijaya, terror bom di Jakarta tidak membuat wisatawan
ketakutan berlibur di Bali. Travel warning dari Australia juga
dikatakan tidak mempengaruhi minat wisatawan asal negara kangguru itu
tetap ke Bali. “Sejak dulu Australia mengeluarkan travel warning ke
Indonesia. Tapi ternyata masyarakatnya tetap berwisata ke Bali,” jelas
pria pemilik usaha hotel di kawasan Sanur itu.

Ngurah Wijaya berharap pemerintah bertindak cepat agar tidak terjadi
lagi terror bom seperti yang terjadi di Jakarta. “Untuk pengamanan
kami serahkan sepenuhnya pada yang berwajib. Kami harap ada langkah
tegas agar aksi-aksi terorisme seperti ini tidak terjadi lagi,”
tandasnya.

Ni Komang Erviani ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Denpasar   |  Sat, 07/18/2009 2:27 PM  |  National

Tourism in Bali has been unaffected by Friday’s deadly suicide bombings on two luxury hotels in Jakarta, officials have said.

“The hotel occupancy rate remains at between 70 and 80 percent. There is yet to be a negative reaction,”  head of the Bali Tourism Agency Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

Wijaya added the agency has yet to see any decline in visitors coming from Australia, even though the country has issued a travel warning following the blast, which are believed to have killed three Australians.

Wijaya said that tourism businesses were expecting the government would take firm action to prevent similar attacks in the future.

Ni Komang Erviani

Sebanyak 84 wisatawan terseret arus di pantai-pantai bagian selatan Bali selama masa liburan sekolah lalu. Satu orang diantaranya meninggal dunia, yakni seorang wisatawan domestik asal Jawa pada 26 Juni di Pantai Oberoi. Demikian catatan Badan Penyelamat Wisata Tirta (Balawista) Kabupaten Badung selama masa libur pertengahan Juni sampai akhir pekan lalu.

Menurut Pengawas Staf Balawista Badung Ketut Sandi, kasus wisatawan terseret arus paling banyak terjadi di kawasan Pantai Kuta. Sisanya terjadi di kawasan Nusa Dua, Seminyak dan Legian. “Kejadian terseret arus paling banyak tentu saja di Pantai Kuta karena pengunjung Pantai Kuta paling banyak,” jelas Sandi. Read the rest of this entry »

The Jakarta Post, Fri, 07/17/2009 1:47 PM  |  Bali

DENPASAR: Over the recent school holidays, 84 visitors were caught in currents in the South Bali sea, one of them dying as a result.

The records of the Balawista, a Badung based team of life guards, stated that many of the victims swam off Oberoi, Kuta, Nusa Dua, Seminyak and Legian beaches.

Ketut Sandi from Balawista said many of the swimmers were stranded by the strong currents, but all but one, a domestic visitor who was drowned at Oberoi beach, could be saved. -JP

Ni Komang Erviani ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Contributor   |  Tue, 02/03/2009 3:40 PM  |  Bali

The island’s tourism slogan, “Shanti Shanti Shanti”, is confusing to residents and tourists despite being introduced one-and-a-half years ago, a personal survey conducted by local writer Ande Putu Setiawan says.

The study, conducted for Putu’s new book, surveyed 300 respondents consisting equally of foreign and domestic tourists and local residents of Kuta, Badung. Read the rest of this entry »

Ni Komang Erviani, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika predicted the Australian government’s recent issuance of an advisory against traveling to Indonesia would not affect Bali’s tourism industry.

The travel advisory was announced in anticipation of the execution of the three convicted Bali bombers — Amrozi, Mukhlas, alias Ali Gufron, and Imam Samudra — which has been scheduled to take place at the high-security prison on Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap regency, Central Java, in November. Read the rest of this entry »

Ni Komang Erviani , Contributor , Jembrana | Fri, 10/03/2008 11:34 AM | Bali

Always a favorite vacation destination, Bali has recently been inundated by domestic tourists during the current Idul Fitri holidays. Thousands of motorcycles and cars (see photo) have signed up to enter Bali via Gilimanuk port, Bali’s westernmost gateway located in Jembrana regency.

Operational manager of Gilimanuk Port Ospar Silabam said Tuesday the peak of domestic arrivals in Bali from Java through the port was recorded Sept. 27 and 28, with the number of ferry travelers reaching tens of thousands per day.

“They mostly came by motorcycle and car,” Ospar said, adding that they were from various cities in Java such as Surabaya, Malang and Yogyakarta.

At the same time masses of domestic tourists were entering Bali through Gilimanuk, Ospar said, thousands of Balinese residents of Javanese descent were departing from Bali to join up with relatives to celebrate Idul Fitri in Java.

The peak of the egress from Bali through Gilimanuk took place Sept. 27 with a total number of motorcycles reaching 11,000 and 4,500 cars on the day.

Ospar predicted the high traffic of holiday travelers making day visits through tomorrow (Oct. 4).

“As Sunday will be the last holiday, we predict the peak in visitors will take place Saturday,” he said. One tourist from Surabaya, Andi, said he intentionally goes to Bali by car to economize. “I drive because then the whole family can come along,” said the father of three.(The Jakarta Post)