A Step Ahead Of Autralian Government

The advisory for travel to Bali in Indonesia was lowered recently by the Australian government after a decade of urging holidaymakers to "reconsider" their need to travel. In 2002, the advisory level was raised to "reconsider the need to travel", the second-highest on a scale of four. But now, it has dropped to the second-lowest level, "exercise a high degree of caution", which puts Bali at the same level as the Philippines and Thailand. Both...

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Australia lowers Indonesia travel alert

Tourism of Bali may again go back to normal as the Australian government recently released a new travel alert to its citizens. The travel alert has now been put to a lower level, the same level as that of the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, and India. With this alert, travelers are advised to “exercise a high degree of caution”. Prior to this change, the Australian government advised its citizens to “reconsider their need to travel”...

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An Interview With Ida Bagus Rai Budarsa: Founder Of Hatten Wines

Hatten Wines Ida Bagus Rai Budarsa, the founder of Hatten Wines in 1992, was recently interviewed with regards to his experience in the wine business. Throughout the years, the produce from the Hatten Wines in Bali had gone to fill the cellars of the biggest hotels and restaurants in the island as well as has been tasted by the thousands of Bali luxury villas guests and visitors. Budarsa at 47 still continues to promote his local...

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Bali told to be creative

If Bali wants to keep its spot as favorite tourist destination and lure tourists back to visit its luxury Bali villas and Bali villas resort, then it has be creative and innovative so people will be attracted to the island paradise. Bali will be exploring more opportunities that will open up their expansion in the Meeting Incentive Conference and Exhibition (MICE) market. This is according to Firmansyah Rahim, Tourism and Creative Economy...

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Aussie love affair with Asian countries continues growing

Australians continue to love the beautiful landscape and beaches of Asia, including its cheap flights, especially with the rising power of the dollar. In Indonesia alone, Australians are the number one tourists when it comes to their number while Thailand nationals fall in second and Chinese in third. Because of its landscape, luxury Bali villas, Bali villas resort, and villas for rent in Bali, Australians have made a total of 900,000...

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Bali Rice Field Cultivation System Listed on UNESCO World Heritage

Subak System Bali has been using a traditional yet unique cultivation system. Called Subak, it is a water management or irrigation system used on paddy fields. And recently, this Subak made it to the list of world-heritage by UNESCO. According to Education and Culture and Deputy Minister Windu Nuryanti as quoted by the Jakarta Post, “The subak tradition of Bali has eventually been named as a UNESCO world-heritage activity”. And this...

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Bali Targets 3 Million Tourists in 2012

As the tourist arrivals in 2011 reached a total of 2.7 million, this year, the stakeholders of Bali’s tourism industry are targeting a whopping 3 million tourist arrivals. They are further confident that the gloomy and unstable economies of the many countries in the world will not have much impact or effect on Bali’s tourism. They also claim that Bali can increase its tourist arrivals by as much as 10 percent this year. The Australians...

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Indonesia wants more Australian cruises

According to the International Cruise Council Australasia, Australia is one of the largest and fastest-growing cruise markets in the world as about a half a million Australians had taken either a domestic or international cruise in the last year alone. "It's absolutely booming here, and it just keeps growing,” says Edith Cowan University Professor of Tourism, Ross Dowling. The figures alone of last year indicate that the passenger...

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Garuda Orient Holidays has launched its revamped brochure for 2012

Garuda Orient Holidays A new and more informative brochure has been released by Garuda Orient Holidays for 2012 entitled Bali & Indonesia. This time, it covers the entire archipelago of Indonesia beginning from Sumatra to Papua, including the island of the gods, Bali. This revamped brochure of 2012 is the anniversary edition.The new brochure gives more in-depth guide and information for anyone who wants to see the country....

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