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In Bali, Many Gallery Art were ‘Invaded’

Discussionfahmi on October 5th, 2008

You know what, during this vacation, there are many tourists invaded gallery art in Bali. For example, Guwang gallery art in Gianyar. The visitor is more or less than 4 times, yupp... FOUR TIMES, than usual visiting season. Those tourists bought many things, Balinese textile, clothes, and many more.

Topic: News

Hotel in Bali is Full Booked!

Discussionfahmi on September 28th, 2008

Toward Lebaran holiday, many hotels in Bali were full booked. Well, since majority in Bali is Hindunese, I'm sure the tourists who booked the rooms, not person who back to Bali to celebrate Lebaran. *well, maybe there are some people, Moslem I mean, who back to Bali, but I'm not ...

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Failed, Smuggling of Crustacean

Discussionfahmi on September 25th, 2008

Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Bali (Bali Conservation Nature Resource) seized hundreds of crustacean, that will be smuggled out from Bali. The type of crustaceans that were seized are Triton Trompet (Trumpet Triton) *left pic* and Nautilus Berongga (Hollow Nautilus) ...

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Bali Visitor During August 2008

Discussionfahmi on September 25th, 2008

More than 6,000 visitors/day came to Bali on August 2008. The exact number, 191,557 visitors came and visited Bali. This number was released by Imigration office. The visitor who left Bali, in the same period, is about 203,959 persons. It means, there is defisit number, ...

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30%, Increment Rate of Tourists to Bali

Discussionfahmi on July 26th, 2008

During vacation couple weeks ago, the tourists number was increasing about 30%, comparing with the same period last year. Ferry Maskus, as official of Perhimpunan Hotel dan Restauran Indonesia (Indonesia Association Hotel and Restaurant), said this in Denpasar on Tuesday. He said, the reservation of hotels ...

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Collaboration Garuda Airlines - Korean Air

1 commentfahmi on July 25th, 2008

Garuda Airlines made a collaboration with Korean Air in order to expand their markets. By this collaboration, Garuda can sell a ticket that Korean Air has the route for that way, it valids vice versa. This agreement was signed by Emirsyah ...

Topic: Event, News

The Biggest Ngaben, Ever

Discussionfahmi on July 16th, 2008

Yesterday, a biggest ngaben ceremony was held in Ubud. As we know, ngaben is a Balinese tradition to 'send' people to nirvana. In this moment, there are 3 persons that will be burned, they are family from Puri Agung Ubud. They are Tjokorda Gde ...

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Power Crisis and Tourism

Discussionfahmi on July 14th, 2008

Recently, Indonesia is entering power crisis period. Some areas in Java and Bali will take turns to be extinct the power facility. This situation, direct or indirect, will affect the tourism prospect since many destinations need electricity for running their business. Tourism and Culture Department hopes this crisis will not disturb ...

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Award for Tourism Aware Groups

Discussionfahmi on July 13th, 2008

Bali Government will give award for tourism aware groups who contribute and participate on Bali tourism development. The award will be given direct by Bali governor, Drs Dewa Beratha, on August in event of Bali government 50th anniversary. There is a team that hunting, investigating, makes selection, and rating the groups ...

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High Tide in Bali Strait

1 commentfahmi on July 11th, 2008

Yesterday, Ketapang port (located in Banyuwangi, East Java) was closed by harbour master after it was opened for 6 hours. The reason of the closing is, the tide is quite high in Bali Strait.Preventing the bad condition, the port closing was quite shocked many passengers ...

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