Gabungan Pengusaha Wisata Bahari (Gahawisri) – Joint Maritime Tourism Entrepreneurs – of Badung regency suggested the maritime tourism industrialist supported “Beach & Reef Clean Up” in Nusa Dua Bali.

“We need to suggest to those businessmen to immediately ordering their management to participate in this reef up cleaning activity,” said head of Gahawisri Badung Made Tromat in Nusa Dua, on Wednesday.

He said that from 24 “water sport” entrepreneurs in Tanjung Benoa merely 11 companies who state their participation in this event.

“Most of the maritime tourism businessmen in Tanjung Benoa not yet stating their participation in this beach and coral reef cleaning activity, despite the fact that beach and reef is our asset needs to be protected and maintained,” he said.

According to him, this cleaning activity is part of our real action as tourism stakeholder in Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa area.

Tromat says this program as part of Gahawisri’s activity held every four months. Thus, we hope for all tourism components could participate in order to success the program.

“We observe fully the reef condition in Tanjung Benoa still in good shape. But it hard to deny that the damage is around five percent,” he said.

Therefore, he said, it is time for tourism industry get along taking care underwater cleanliness and preservation in Tanjung Benoa.

“If beach and reef condition in this area damaged then our tourism industry also will sink with it,” he said.

He said that Tanjung Benoa underwater keep magnificent underwater tourism attraction. Lots domestic and foreign tourists dived to get the beauty of reef panorama.

“The most of foreign tourists are Japanese whether for domestic are comes from Jakarta,” explained Tromat.

It is mentioned that number of tourist dive in Tanjung Benoa keep rising, especially for holiday season.

“For instance, ‘Bali Apolo’ in a month achieved around 600 guests. This number hoped could keep rising accordance with what we have had done to save underwater nature in Tanjung Benoa,” said Tromat.

News by Antara Bali