Bali News / Bali Travel and Holiday Updates

Australian who get their holiday in Bali during January 2010 raise 58.86 percent compare with the same month last year which was 27.956 people. Read the rest of this entry …

City Terminal at Jalan Kebo Iwa Gianyar will under go functional transfer into a sport center area if some conditional support from the Regional Council Members of Gianyar Regency could be fulfilled. For the fund support to build this sport center area itself is estimated would not burdening the local budget which is still in a critical state. Moreover, the council had welcoming well this plan as long as what will be built there will give contribution for the people and regency. Especially when the area used for the sport center was a redundant area. Read more about Gianyar Sport Center establishment here.

Traditional herbal medicines promotion will mark the cooperation between Bali Province and the Indian State of Kerala. This cooperation initiative is due to the background similarities and strong emotional ties between Bali and Kerala. Acharya Asutoshh Kamar, an herbal medicine expert from Kerala, would soon visit Bali to mark the start of the cooperation and carry out social activities to help people needy people, he said. Read more about Bali-Kerala cooperation here.

Tabanan Government in Bali suggested for their fishermen to use bubu – plated rattan fish trap – when catching coral shrimp or lobster that is quite potential in their territorial water. Read the rest of this entry …

United Nation Institution for environment program or known as UNEP recommended to the countries in the world to conduct rehabilitation effort for the sea ecosystem. This recommendation was delivered in concern with Blue Carbon development concept launched by UNEP. The Blue Carbon concept itself could prove the role of sea ecosystem and coastal area that filled with mangrove forest, sea grass and coral reef in absorbing the carbon. Due to the heavy damage suffered by mangrove forest, sea grass and coral reef around the world, this effort is needed in order to fight against climate change. Read more about UNEP Sea Rehabilitation here.

Ngurah Rai Airport launched a 130 pages book which is about its 70 years journey as a Bali’s prideful airport. The book which could give thorough explanation about Bali, firstly was hard to make since the lots of literature material regarding airport first establishment hard to be found. Still the spirit to realize the book still keep high those make a book about an airport that has already serve million visitors per year could be published for around 1.000 copies. Still, the probability to printed more copies is widely open. Read more about Ngurah Rai Airport Book of Journey here.

Bali provincial government need to form immediately Lembaga Komisi Irigasi (Komir) – irrigation commission institution – and Dewan Sumberdaya air (Dewan Air) – water board – to protect the system of irrigation organization and traditional farming (subak) from outside intervention who also needs water. Read the rest of this entry …

Bali succeeded exporting 2.82 million ornamental fishes and able to produce foreign exchange for about 930.743 American Dollar during 2009. This year fisheries delivery gets decrease compared with last year delivery that was 13.5 million fish valued $ 4.7 million. Ornamental fish export derivation value is due to numerous problems such as fishermen difficulty in catching the fish alive caused by the bad weather. In fact, Bali water is rich enough with colorful ornamental fish that live within the coral reef under the sea as well as at the artificial coral in its several habitat locations. Still, local fishermen in catching those fish should think about environment preservation and avoiding the use of explosive materials. Read more about Bali Ornamental Fish Export here.

Senggigi Lombok gaining trust as the host of Indonesia MICE & Corporate Travel Mart (IMCTM) 2010, an annual meeting between corporations, travel agents with resort parties that will be held May 6-9 2010.The third event of MICE executives (Meeting, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibitions) will be followed by 200 buyers with 150 resorts on sell. Read more about Indonesia MICE in Lombok here.

Head of Kantor Pelayanan Perizinan Terpadu (KPPT) – Integrated Licensing Service Office – staffs is conducting sudden inspection toward building that against beach demarcation at Suana area of Nusa Penida Island. Suarta was conducting the inspection after several request and complaint from some societies including the people themselves. The owner of the building had asked for resident authorization, though according to the local people report, the building exactly was a bungalow. Read more about Nusa Penida Beach Demarcation.