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Australians keep visiting Bali
Bali, Indonesia
“My second home is Bali” is what more and more Australians are saying, this is based on the newest tourism figures for January to July released by the Bali tourism office.
Ida Bagus Subhiksu, Chief of Bali Tourism Office, said approximately 50 percent more Aussies have visited during the January-July period this year than the same time last year.
Ida Bagus Subhiksu said the increase was greater than predicted and it was wonderful news due to the fact the Australian government had recently issued a revised travel advisory regarding the June taxi driver demonstration in Denpasar and Kuta.
“It’s great that Australians consider Bali as their second home despite the warnings,” Subhiksu said.
The Australians are not alone when it comes to a love affair with Bali. More travelers from countries like Taiwan, Britain, Singapore and the Netherlands have visited during the January-July period
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Travel Advisory ignored by Australian Tourists
The travel advisory caution from Australia government through Department of Foreign and Trade (DFAT) regarding the taxi’ chaos in Bali did not reduce the number of Australian tourists heading to Bali. The head of Bali Tourism, Ida Bagus Subhiksu described the significant increase of visiting Australian tourists during the period of January until July 2010. It reached more than 300,000 tourists compared to the same time last year. The ease of access made Australia tourists choose Bali as their second home.
Based on archives from the Tourism Office in Bali, the number of Australia tourists visiting Bali during the period of January until July 2010 increased 50,8 percent compared to the same period last year. “Although there are travel warnings, they are still visiting Bali because they see Bali as their second home,” he said.
I.B. Subhiksu also added tourists from another country like Taiwan, British, Singapore and Holland also increased. Even tourists from Singapore increased by 56 percent during that period.
The owner of Puri Saron Hotel, Dr. I Ketutu Putra Suarthana, M.M. said this increase is beyond the last prediction. Despite the travel advisory and warnings, until now has not influenced their visit into Bali.
These last few months, Australian tourists have dominated the occupancy in hotels. He said the crucial problem faced by the hotel industry group right now is the increase of TDL, and the raise of Ground Water tax (ABT). These factors will influence the rise of operational expenses, added with the other expenses, which are rising slowly. “We hope our government will counter the expenses that influenced to economy climate,” he said.
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Bali to receive Tourism Award
One more Award for Bali, “The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific” given by Business Travelers Asia Pacific magazine based in Hong Kong.
Bali provincial government will receive this award at the Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong on September 10. Bali’s representative receiving this award is still being coordination between Bali Provincial Tourism and the Bali Tourism Board (BTB). The Governor Bali, I Made Mangku Pastika is expected to have a chance to go to Hong Kong as he has good understanding of Mandarin Language. His presence will hopefully help promote the Bali tourism before hundreds of invited guests
It will be the second award received by the province this year after receiving the award for World Best Island in Asia 2010” from Travel and Leisure magazine based in New York.
Tourism agency head Ida Bagus Subhiksu said he was proud of the award, saying it would promote Bali and will hopefully increase tourist arrivals in Bali.
Subhiksu said the award should motivate the island to make some improvements. “Although we have been awarded the best destination, many problems persist, mainly with regards to cleanliness and traffic jams. We should improve this.”
As of June this year, 1.2 million foreign tourists, mostly from Australia, Japan and China, have visited and stayed in Bali, a 13 percent increase from the same period last year.
