Sanur Village Festifal

Yayasan Pembangunan Sanur menggelar event serupa kedua kalinya karena SVF I berlangsung sukses. Jika tahun kedua lebih sukses lagi, kemungkinan besar SVF ditetapkan sebagai aktivitas tahunan. Festival Sanur yang akan digelar mulai Tgl 15–19 Agustus benar- benar perlu persiapan yang matang.

Hal itu terungkap dalam pertemuan antara Wakil Walikota Denpasar Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra dan Ketua Panitia Sanur Festival II Ida Bagus Gde Sidharta Putra, bahwa kawasan Wisata Sanur yang merupakan penyumbang pendapatan terbesar bagi pemerintah Kota Denpasar.

Wakil Walikota menekankan agar kegiatan ini dilaksanakan secara berkelanjutan, dan dikemas dengan lebih profesional sehingga tidak terkesan monoton. Di samping itu mesti ada kekhasan Sanur yang ditampilkan untuk memikat turis datang.

Respon pelaku pariwisata di kawasan Sanur sangat positif menyambut SVF II karena event ini selain berfungsi sebagai ajang promosi, sekaligus menunjang pemulihan pariwisata Bali dan pencitraan Sanur sebagai kawasan yang aman, nyaman dan layak dikunjungan turis. Saat ini pihaknya telah menyebarkan informasi SVF II melalui internet dan promosi melalui media cetak. Selain menampilkan aneka produk serta kesenian dan kebudayaan Bali, Sanur Village Festival II juga akan menampilkan festival yoga dan food festival.

Dikutip dari balikami.com

Bali receives more tourists in first semester

Bali receives more tourists in first semester

The Jakarta Post, Denpasar

The number of tourist arrivals in Bali has increased from 552,573 during the first semester of 2006 to 745,949 during the same period of this year, the Bali Tourism Office reported Thursday.

The office also said hotel occupancy rates had increased to an average of 57.70 percent with an average length of stay of 3.37 days. In 2006, the average hotel occupancy rate was 30.68 percent.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced Wednesday that tourism in Indonesia was picking up again, despite the recent travel warnings issued by the United States and Australia.

The number of tourists coming to Indonesia amounted to 2.14 million in the first semester of this year from only 1.91 million in the same period of last year.

This data was received with mixed feelings by Bali's tourism community.

Cokorda Oka Ardhana Sukawati or Cok Ace, the chairman of Bali's Hotels and Restaurants Association, said such indicators were encouraging given the fact that a number of countries had advised their citizens against visiting Bali and the European Union had banned all Indonesian airlines from flying to Europe, which had caused some European tourists to cancel planned visits to Bali.

"However, we really have to evaluate the quality of their visits to Bali," Cok Ace said.

Based on Central Bank data, foreign tourists stay for no more than six days on average.

Prior to the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, when the average length of stay of foreign tourists to Bali was 16-30 days, the tourism boom had driven much of Bali's economy.

The island also contributed more than 50 percent of the country's US$5.5 billion income from tourism and the industry provided job opportunities for 33 percent of the total workforce in Bali.

Bali, Cok Ace said, was currently facing cutting-edge competition from the neighboring countries of Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. A number of attractive tourist destinations have also emerged in India, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Pacific Islands.

"To maintain steady tourist arrivals, Bali must be promoted continually in the international travel market as a favorite destination," he said.

The tourism industry has been working to change the image of the island to that of a peaceful destination using the "Shanti, Shanti, Shanti" slogan, which translates into "Peace, Peace, Peace".

But budgetary constraints and poor planning have hampered the growth of the island's tourism sector.

Following the bombings in 2005, the central government set up the Bali Recovery Fund to boost tourism on the island. The effectiveness of the fund has, however, been called into question by many parties.

Gde Nurjaya, the head of the Bali Tourism Office, said that Bali was now expanding its market to India, Middle Eastern countries, China, East Europe, Russia and Latin America.

"Most visitors to Bali come from Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Europe and South Korea, and countries in the Middle East have emerged as flourishing markets," Nurjaya said adding that the opening of Qatar Airways services plying Doha-Kuala Lumpur-Denpasar had brought tourists from the Middle East to Bali. Russian airlines are also slated to open direct routes to Denpasar.

Bali received 1.2 million foreign visitors last year. It is expected the number will increase given the positive data for the start of 2007.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20070801.B08&irec=7

Bagaimana jika anjing Bali Kintamani dikawinkan dengan Golden Retriever? Lucu juga.
Saya mempunya seekor anjing jenis Golden Retriever dan seekor campuran jenis Kintamani.




Golden Retriever betina dan kintamani-nya jantan.
Gambar diatas adalah beberapa dari anak campuran anjing bali dengan Golden Retriever.

Bedugul in the morning

This picture take in the morning in bedugul.
Location is good for camp

weather cool in Bali

Bali’s weather has taken part of a step into the dry season. Mornings and evenings are pleasantly cool, no need for AC now at all, even in the beach areas. Ocean temperatures are cooler than a couple of months ago, which is a normal occurrence.

Bali, Bangkok and Oberoi voted world’s best

NEW YORK - Asia has performed well in the latest Travel + Leisure magazine poll, with Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur, Bali, the Peninsula Hotel Bangkok and Singapore Airlines topping their classes.

Travel + Leisure magazine's 12th annual list of the world's best awards followed a poll of almost 19,000 conducted by researcher Harris Interactive.

The Oberoi Udaivilas in the heart of Rajasthan was voted the top hotel worldwide.

Prices for a room per night start at about US$600 with an exclusive suite with private pool priced from US$3,300, according to the hotel's website.

Florence topped the list of best cities while Buenos Aires was ranked second and Bangkok third.

Bali was named the world's best island.

Nancy Novogrod, editor-in-chief of Travel + Leisure, said the results of the 2007 survey underlined the fact that people were travelling more widely to find distinctive and authentic experiences.

"The extraordinary rise of India among the top hotels and resorts in the world is one sure reflection of this tendency," she said.

Following is a list of 10 of the awards which will be presented at a ceremony in New York on July 23:

1. Best city - Florence

2. Best hotel - Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India

3. Best island - Bali, Indonesia

4. Best large-ship cruise line - Crystal Cruises

5. Best small-ship cruise line - SeaDream Yacht Club

6. Best tour operator/safari outfitter - Micato Safaris

7. Best domestic airline - Midwest Airlines

8. Best international airline - Singapore Airlines

http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1120142.php?mpnlog=1