Bali News / Bali Travel and Holiday Updates

Indonesia is an archipelago state vulnerable to become a chemical disposal site and other dangerous materials that frequently happened recently. Around 2.000 locations in Indonesia could become potential entrance gate for the traffic of dangerous chemical waste. This, as been said by the Minister of Environment, Prof. Dr. Gusti Muhammad Hatta, M.S., on Monday (February 22) as he was the speaker on an extraordinary meeting of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention Signing in Nusa Dua. In relation with this international cooperation also there are some high level decision had been decided. For instance is Bali Strategic Plan Capacity Building and Technology Transfer, Bali Road Map on Climate Change and Bali Declaration on Waste Management and Human Health. Even for the World Health Organization as WHO Resolution has adopted the last one mentioned above. Read more about extraordinary meeting of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm here.

RSUD Badung – Badung Local Hospital – in Bali is in preparation to become a hospital with international level with 1.2 billion Rupiah of developing fund. Read the rest of this entry …

PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko promoting their tourism objects through Bali that begin with a dialog in the company of the whole holders of tourism interest in Bali. Team from Borobudur to Bali, on Friday (February 19) accepted by 200 members of Asosiasi Tur dan Travel Indonesia (Asita) Bali – Bali’s Indonesia Tour and Travel Association – as well as with the other tourism interest holders. The visiting itself is in oder to make those three world heritage enshrines in Middle Java becoming nearer to Bali tourism components. It is also due to the number of tourism components gathered in the island. Read more about Borobudur promotion in Bali here.

The eleventh meeting Special Session of UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-UNEP) held from February 21 to February 26 this year in Nusa Dua Bali collected criticism from environmental organization concerning its information produces in that meeting that is not for public consumption. Although, this meeting could gain some advices and suggestions from the civil people that is viewed as the most necessary thing to do. Indonesian government as the host of this meeting should conducting information dissemination in order to open participation space as wide as possible. Read more about UNEP Meeting here.

Provincial government, regional governments and capitol city government in Bali would not issue dispensation for vehicles passing by the road when Hindus in Bali fulfilling their Tapa Brata Penyepian welcoming Caka New Year 1932 on March 16th 2010. Read the rest of this entry …

Bali Local Police starting to imposing Standar Keamanan dan Keselamatan Villa (SKKV) – villas’ security and safety standard – in Bali. That security and safety standard is imposed in order to minimize criminality against tourists who stay at villa. The enactment of villas’ security and safety standard is the continuation of hotel security standard that had been imposed first that stand as a part of international security standard realization in Bali. Villas enactment for security and safety standard would make the Police evaluating the villas once every two years. Read more about Villas Security Standard here.

Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) Bali – Hindu’s highest council in Indonesia – urged for Hindu, especially for its young generation at “Pengrupukan” night on March 15, 2010 or a day before the holy day Nyepi Caka 1932, to conduct ogoh-ogoh parade in order. This kind of effort is needed in order to keep conducive atmosphere and get rid of unwanted event to take place. Moreover with the election four regents/vice regents and major/vice major in the beginning of May 2010 in Bali make the fourth regencies/city becomes more aware and careful with the friction between the mass of regent/major candidate supporters in Pengrupukan night. Read more about Ogoh-Ogoh Nyepi here.

The number of French visiting Bali gets raise for 46.62 percent, and it is for about 113. 453 of them who comes to Bali whether on last year visiting, number of French was 77.379 people only. Most of them visiting natural views as well as Bali’s unique cultural art while accompanied by 157 professional guiders able to speak French fluently. They also love to visited villages whom villagers have daily activities that is thick with ritual activities. Read more about French Tourists in Bali here.

Gianyar Drug Unit of Gianyar Police Force under the command of Drugs Head Unit, AKP Nengah Sumadi for the last few days incessantly conducting liquor sweeping that freely bought and sold in the shop. Two liquor sellers at Banjar Tebesaya, Peliatan, Ubud in Gianyar and at Banjar Pagutan, Batubulan, Sukawati, Gianyar found to have tens of liters liquor varieties when the police conducted surprise inspection. Read the rest of this entry …

Visual Communication Design Student of ISI Denpasar exhibited their 65 artwork of paintings and three dimensionals instalation with “Arttitude” theme at Denpasar Junction Bali for six days up to Sunday (February 21). This exhibition covers paintings on the canvas, poster and three dimension installation. The theme from this exhibition itself was earth, or in other word is to save the earth and make it a better place. Read more about ISI Exhibition here.