Bali

To avoid terror enters Bali and in order to capture terrorist(s), the security level in Bali was increased by the local police. Some razias were held in some entry points such as Gilimanuk harbour and Ngurah Rai airport. Some intruders, well actually they are civil without ID card, were found in a truck. So, they were [...]

Alexander Downer, former of Australia Abroad Minister, asked to Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, about Bali security. This question was being asked since Australia is quite close with Bali and many Australian chose Bali as their destination. Meanwhile, couple weeks ago, Jakarta was terrored by bomb and since many people worried about security, include in [...]

This week, Malaysia made a ‘hot’ movement, by claiming Pendet Bali as Malaysia’ traditional dance. This claim made many Indonesians angry and protest to Malaysia government, especially the dance was inserted into Malaysia tourism commercial break. After couple days, Indonesia government took an action, by sent a protest note to Malaysia government. Indonesia Minister of Culture [...]

Many events were held on Bali during July - August 2009. One of them is culture parade which was held on Jembrana. Many attendees came, not only domestic but also abroad. They took participation to introduce their culture to others. This event will be held on Aug 25 2009 - Sept 2 2009. In the same [...]

At least 10 komodos will be moved to Bali since their existence in their original environment were quite decreasing and toward the extinct. From 10 komodos, they will be 5 males and 5 females (5 couples). Read here. The other goal of the moving is to get the pure genetic of this species. Well, there are [...]

According the conservation of Komodo, there is one effort that being controversional. The moving of Komodo from Komodo Island to Bali issue became a hot issue, since many domestic staffs reject it. The moving plan, based on some news, will move many komodos from Flores Island (Komodo Island) to Taman Safari Indonesia in Gianyar Bali. Some people [...]

Bali is still attractive for foreign tourists. We can see from the number of foreign tourists who visited Bali during Jan-June 2009. From here, I got data the specific foreign tourist visited Bali. There was 1,017,661 arrivals of foreign tourists, where as the economic condition is not quite good since there was an economic crisis since [...]