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Enjoy the Experience as the Locals Do

ali is one of the most populartourism objects. It is well knownaround the world as island which

has unique cultures, many magnificentviews and hospitality of the people. MissKathrin Minkel is one of the tourists whoexperienced that by herself. It was her firstvisit to this Island. She stayed for twelvedays and visited many place such as TanahLot, Mother Temple, the north and westsides of Bali. Her eye was spoiled byamazing views in Bali. Everything about Baliwas like a ‘spell’ and she admired thebeauty.

Among all those compliments aboutBali, there is a single complaint. Shecomplained about beach sanity. “It wasuncomforting when I saw plastic which flewwhile I was enjoying my time at the beach,”she said when Bali Travel News asked hercomment about the beach. In this case,people awareness have an importantantrole in tourism in Bali.

(BTN/—)

Miss Kathrin Minkel:

‘Spelled’ by the Balinese Beauty er second visit to Balimakes some memorablethings to be remembered.

Get the first experience about Baliin 4 years ago, she come back nowwith new spirit to travelling aroundBali with her husband. “Bali is abeautiful island, with warm and kindpeople to be always remembered,”said this German tourist. On her firstvisit to Bali, she visited Kuta,Laguna, Lovina beach and CandiDasa, and now, she wants toexplore Bali especially Sanur. Theother place that she wants toexplore in Bali are Nusa Dua andTanjung Benoa, she knows theseplaces from her friends.

“Kuta is too crowded now, not like 4 yearsago, too many people and garbage on thebeach,” said this traveler woman. That’s whyshe doesn’t want to go to Kuta again in hertrip now. “I want to relax my mind and mysoul, I want a quite place far away fromcrowds,” she said. In her 3 weeks holiday,she spends her time in the off shore of SanurBeach Hotel and enjoys some soft drink fromthe cafeteria that already waiting for the guestwho wants to spend their time to relax theirmind and soul in off shore. The most favorite

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activity in the paradise island for Mrs. Gabbyis the water sport especially the diving activity.What about the food? The food that she likesmost is the Mexican food and the Mongolianfood that already obliged in the hotel.

In her opinion, Bali was already perfect andwill be much better if the traffic jam like in Kutacould be prevented by the government andalso the garbage that she doesn’t like was thebig issue for the tourism in Bali, especially inKuta.

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ince 4:00 am Local Time,all participants had beenready to follow the

challenge of fishing denoting aremarkably prestigious competitionfor fishing hobbyists. Ketut GedeYogi Santika, the Coordinator ofSVF Fishing Tournament, said thenumber of participants this yearwas far more than that of last year.Yogi, who is also known as aprofessional angler, added that theweather condition this year wasunfriendly and hard to predict.

He said further that the windflowed very fast and very hard, butsuch condition did not discouragethe intention of participants tofollow the fishing contest. If theparticipant in the last year

Fishing Tournament of Sanur Village Festival71 traditional boats and 156 participants

The event of Sanur VillageFestival (SVF) 2010 taking

place on August 4—8 left thefishing tournament program

that had to be postponed dueto bad weather condition.Last Sunday (Aug 22), the

competition was held in thesea between Sanur and Nusa

Penida. It was followed by156 participants and 72

traditional boats or jukungs.

amounted to 144 persons, this yearincreased to 156 persons. “Manyparticipants could not come on theday because the encountered theproblem of airline tickets. If allparticipants were present perhapsthe number will be even more,” hesaid.

In the meantime, Ida BagusSidhartha Putra, Chairman of theSVF Committee on the weighingsession of the fish catches said therecent event went through a veryheavy challenge as participantsshould face a less friendly weatherfactor. Gusde, as he is familiarlygreeted, provided a very highappreciation to all participants offishing tournament showing a veryunusual enthusiasm to follow thetournament held by SVF.

According to him, Sanur had amaritime potential particularlyfishing sports that could be takenadvantage for another agenda ofother international tournaments.Sanur along with its great potentialwas ready to become a touristdestination, especially for fishinghobbyists.

Gusde further explained that thefishing tournament event usingtraditional boat constituted astrategic measure of the boatempowerment owned by localfishermen community of Sanur.

Aside from being used to catchfish, such traditional boat could alsobe empowered as a means of

fishing. In other words, there was asynergy between tourism andeconomic empowerment for coastalcommunities directly.

The winnersHaving struggled bitterly

against the monsters of fish and thesea waves of Sanur, it was finallyobtained an overall champion andalso the first champion, namelyPutu Salya Tanaya, whoimplemented the trollingtechniques and could catch gianttrevally weighing 16.10 kg. Secondplace was achieved by MadeMustika applying trollingtechnique and caught giant trevallyweighing 14. 2 kg, and in the thirdplace, I Kadek Arnaya usingtrolling techniques as well gotbarracuda weighing 10.68 kg.

Coordinator of the FishingTournament, Yogi, stated that theSVF Fishing Tournament appliedsome techniques such as jigging,trolling and popping. Meanwhile,the prizes prepared for competitiontotally amounted to IDR 22 millionwith details that the first winnerdeserved to get IDR 10 million,IDR 5 million for the second winnerand IDR 3 million for the thirdwinner. Then, for the winner ofspecies and the best captain categoryrespectively got IDR 500 thousand.In addition, they were also entitledto receive a trophy.

(BTN/BB)

Bali Named The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific 2010ecision of Bali Provincial Government to develop and maintainthe culture-based tourism in Bali inspired by Hinduism is reallyno more in doubt. With the slogan of tourism for Bali and not

vice versa Bali for tourism, the policy anchored by the predecessor ofBali tourism should be able to motivate all stakeholders in tourism ofBali in a sense of pride and steady in their belief in choice, because theattention and respect of society in the world progressively increases.

Having successfully attained the predicate as The Best Island in TheWorld from Travel+Leisure magazine published in the United States for9 (nine) times in succession—in the period of 2001-2009, as The BestSpa Destination 2009 from a tourism magazine published in Germany,

and a number ofo t h e rpredicates, inthis year 2010Bali is named asThe BestL e i s u r eDestination inAsia Pacific byreaders ofB u s i n e s sT r a v e l e rm a g a z i n epublished inHong Kong.

Head of theB a l iG o v e r n m e n tTourism Office(Diparda), IdaB a g u sSubhiksu, saidthe award wasreceived for thefirst time byB a l i .Notification onthe election ofBali as The BestL e i s u r eDestination inAsia Pacific2010 wassubmitted inwriting by theM a n a g i n gDirector ofB u s i n e s sT r a v e l e rm a g a z i n e ,Peggy Teo tothe Bali

Tourism Board (BTB). Since BTBis subsidiary of Diparda Bali,Chairman of the BTB, I.B. NgurahWijaya delivered such a notice tothe Head of Diparda Bali.

It was unknown what criteriaused for the assessment becausePeggy Teo just informed thepredicate of Bali as The BestLeisure Destination in Asia Pacific2010 attributed by BusinessTraveler magazine after organizinga poll to its readers for three monthsfrom April to June 2010. Subhiksuhad not knownwhich tourismd e s t i n a t i o n srivaled Bali in thepolls. However,according toS u b h i k s u ,presentation ofthe award wasscheduled to beheld on October10, 2010 in theConrad Hotel,Hong Kong.

Ancestral cultureLast year, the

B e r l i nI n t e r n a t i o n a lBourse (ITB)named Bali asThe Best SpaDestination in theWorld. The awardwas received byMinister ofCulture andTourism of theRI, Jero Wacik.One of thereasons why Baliwas named asThe Best SpaDestination in theWorld was thatBali remained topreserve theheritage ofancestral culturew h o s eapplication wascombined withthe latest researchp r o c e e d i n g s .Moreover, thet e r m i n o l o g ypertaining toB a l i n e s etraditional spa,such as boreh andlulur had beenr e c o g n i z e dinternationally.

Meanwhile,

the award as The best Island in theWorld, the triumph of Bali was dueto the high scores extended by thereaders of Travel + Leisuremagazine around the world on fourof the ten parameters of theevaluation such as (1) condition ofnature and outdoor activities; (2)music and night life: (3) food andbeverages; (4) arts and culture; (5)social and dating scene; (6) livingcost; (7) education; (8) health;accommodation andenvironmental awareness.

Among the ten parameters of thevaluation, Bali was superior in thecriteria like nature and outdooractivities obtaining a perfect score10 (ten), the accommodation alsoreceived the score 10 (ten), then artsand culture (9) and the cost of living(8). Scores obtained from otherparameters ranged from 5 (five) to7 (seven), and the total score for Baliwas 73 (seventy three).

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ACROSS: 1 Twig; 2 Word Per Minute; 6 Distant; 9 Single; 10 AutomatedTeller Machine; 11 A country in South Asia; 12 Fundamental; 13 Leafused as salad; 14 Tropical seedy fruit; 17 Nurture; 20 Gate; 21 Prairie;24 Sour; 26 Intensive Care Unit; 27 Recede; 28 Rabbit; 30 One of thefarmer’s enemy; 33 Long-legged bird; 35 Capital of Japan; 38 Rice stillin the husk; 41 Pear-shaped fruit having large stone and edible flesh;42 Predatory incursions; 43 Balinese irrigation system; 44 Debt,obligation; 45 Greek Goddess of dawn; 46 Wild plants; 47 Save andRescue; 48 Provided with edge.

DOWN: 1 Move back and forth; 2 Gods of the rain; 3 A bear-like arborealAustralian animal; 4 Climate; 5 Grows up; Yellowish-brown; 7 Old-Aged,Survivor, and Disability Insurance; 8 Prima …., a Latin expressionmeaning at first sight; 15 Unidentified Flying Object; 16 Type of plant;18; Kind of popular coffee; 19 Scientific (Abbr.); 20 Diploma in PublicHealth; 21 Glue; 22 Asian Broadcasting Union; 23 Watch; 25 Denpasar(3-letter abbreviation); 29 Previously; 31 A mollusk with eight sucker-bearing arms; 32 Tool used to spray; 34 Independent (abbr.); 35 Toss;35 Used to cut; 37 Sanctuary; 38 Group, entourage; 39 Remove insect;40 Put a yoke on (past participle). (BTN/punia)

We take thisopportunity to show offthat in reality Bali is

very famous for its touristdestination in the world along witha variety of exotic arts and culturecoupled with natural beauty.Buleleng as a region located in thenorth most of Bali covers nearlytwo-third of Bali’s territory. It hasa lot of tourism potential that canbe developed by the Governmentof Buleleng Regency. Hopefully,tourists coming to Bali andBuleleng in particular couldexplore and gain new experiencesabout the allure of northern Balithrough this event,” Bagiadaexplained.

The mission to establishmaritime route of tourism sail rallyhas been realized. Such tourism

Sail Indonesia 2010 as the Biggest Asian Regatta

route is from Kupang to Saumlakiand Batam participated byhundreds of yachts from more than20 countries worldwide.

In this Sail Indonesia 2010,participants will be taken to visitseveral new destinations such asNdao Rote, Sabu, East Sumba,Southwest Sumba and Bau Bau.Similarly, Sail Indonesia 2010 ties22 regencies and cities inIndonesia, while Lovina Beach inBuleleng Regency is the only onemeeting point existing in the BaliProvince in the maritime event ofSail Indonesia 2010.

Sail Indonesia event isorganized in the series of anotherworld rally. It is based on theclimate and the right wind directionas well as the needs of the sailormaking the voyage from Australiato Asia as the largest regatta in theAsian event. Additionally, SailIndonesia is expected to become anational event and encourage themaritime passion in all walks of

Indonesian people as well asassociated with Maritime Policyprogrammed by the CentralGovernment.

Meanwhile, the Head ofBuleleng Cultural and TourismServices (Disbudpar) Putu TastraWijaya said that his party expressedsincere gratitude and welcomed toall participants of Sail Indonesia2010 to Buleleng Regency.Buleleng is situated in northern Balispread on the extent of 1,370 km2among the eight regencies and citythroughout Bali. Granted with anatural and wonderful beauty, quietsandy beaches, green tropical rainforest and simple community, thismaritime event would be expectedto introduce the entire beauty ofBuleleng.

Even, Tastra explained thatduring the four days (Sep 22-25) ofSail Indonesia 2010, variousactivities would be held to welcomeand give impression to allparticipants coming to Buleleng. It

would be commenced byregistration of participants anddinner at Lovina Beach (Sep 22),followed by a cooking class on thesecond day (Sep 23) at BarracudaRestaurant in the morning, while inthe afternoon participants would beentertained with a variety of localart and cultural performancescentered at Lovina Beach. In thethird day, (Sep 24) participantswould be invited to have an half-day excursion to existingdestinations in Buleleng, rangingfrom Lovina - Anyar Market –Gedong Kirtya Museum - MonkeyForest (Tamblingan) - TamblinganLake - Gesing Village (Lunch +Gesing performance) - Banjar HotSpring - and back to Lovina fromthe morning. Then, in the eveningparticipants would be entertainedby a puppet shadow and on the lastday (Sep 25) the entertainmentpresented would be traditional bullrace at Kaliasem Village andfarewell party for the participants

Implementation of theInternational Sail Rally

implemented since 2003 isincreasingly favored by many

world participants and the SailIndonesia 2010 poses a

performance in the InternationalSail Rally in this beloved countryfor the eighth time or year, whilefor Lovina, Buleleng Regency, itis the fourth time as the meeting

point of Sail Indonesia.Government of Buleleng Regencyin this Sail Indonesia 2010 makes

cooperation with Cinta BahariFoundation, Indonesia Hotel andRestaurant Association (PHRI) of

Buleleng Regency. “We arepleased to welcome the

participants of Sail Indonesia2010 for the fourth time at theMeeting Point, Lovina Beach,

Buleleng, in the Indonesia’slargest maritime event,” said the

Regent of Buleleng Putu Bagiada.

of Sail Indonesia 2010 at Lovinabeach.

Bali, particularly the NorthernBali actually has a special potentialas a stopover point. On thataccount, it is required to build afacility in the form of tourismharbor. The existence of tourismharbor will enable the world sailorsto have a stopover here during thelow season from December toMarch.

Even, according to theparticipants the amount of yachtpassing through the Indonesianwaters reaches two to threethousand every year. Therefore, thestopover at Lovina, BulelengRegency is expected to become ameans of reference for LocalGovernment in developing andtaking advantage of theopportunity. It is stronglysupported by the characteristics ofBali, infrastructure, geography andlocation. Buleleng Regencycurrently becomes a specialdestination because the availabilityof supplies for the participants,international airport and visaextension services.

Meanwhile, the presence of SailIndonesia is expected to become areference of informal education forthe general public, pupils andstudents in many ways such asshipping technology, shipbuilding,navigation, communications andshipping infrastructure, shippingperipheral, as well as greatness ofIndonesian maritime achievementreached during the golden period ofMajapahit and Sriwijaya Kingdomcould be revived, particularlyamong the younger generation, inthe more applicable context oftourism, industry and economicimpact. (BTN/014)

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hopped Balinese spicesin combination withcoconut milk yields

typical flavor on chicken wings.This serving presents bothtenderness of flesh and delicacy ofchicken broth until the end. Ofcourse, this nice yellow servingcan enrich the treasures of flavorbeing similar to chicken curry.

Ingredients: 250 g chicken wing,500ml coconut milk

Turmeric Chicken Wing:

Strong Flavorin Balinese Simplicity

Ground spices: 1 slice turmeric,1 slice ginger, ½ tsp coriander, ½tsp pepper powderChopped spices: 4 cloves shallot,3 cloves garlic, 1 small chili, 1 largechili, 1 slice galangal and 1 slicearomatic gingerOthers: palm oil to fryMethod:· Cleanse thoroughly the

chicken wings. Fry them untilturning brown and take out.

· Stir-fry the ground spices by

2 tbsp of cooking oil. Add thechopped spices and stirevenly. Add coconut milk andkeep on stirring so it will notcurdle.

· Put the chicken wings into theblend of spices on the panwhile continuously stirring.

· Let the coconut milk diminish.Take out and the chicken wingis ready to serve along with itsbroth.

(BTN/punia)

n countryside life, manyvegetables grow at thesurroundings. Some are

cultivated, while some others growwildly. At a glance, life looks easier

Candung leaf with peanut:

Exploring the Past Green Delight

as many ingredients can beobtained without the necessity tospend money. For instance,candung or bijou taro is a speciesof taro ordinarily growing on wet

land and uncultivated. Size of itsleaf is small and has purple stalk.Its leaf can be made into vegetableserving added with peanut andwinged bean (kecipir). This one isa past treasure of Balinese foodrarely known by the currentgeneration.

Ingredients: 1 handful candungleaf, 100gr peanut and 3 pieces ofwinged bean (cut short crosswise)Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 clovesgarlic, 1 small chili, 2 candlenut, 1slice ginger, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slicearomatic ginger, 1 stalklemongrass (finely sliced),Others: 1 tsp water of tamarindpaste, 1 tsp salt and 2 tbsp gratedcoconut, 1000ml waterMethod:• Cleanse the candung leaf and

drain well.• All spices are ground finely.

Then, boil the water and put thewhole candung leaf into thewater along with peanut andwinged bean. Wait until theyare half- done.

• Add the ground spices, salt andwater of tamarind paste and stir

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i tconstantly.Wait untilt h ec a n d u n gleaf turningtender andthe peanutcooked.

• Take outand servewhile its t a y swarm.

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hairman of the RegionalRepresentative Councilof Organda Bali, IK

Eddy Dharma Putra, last Saturday(Aug 21), said that in addressingthe travel advisory of Australia,Organda Bali had endeavored totake synergic measures with theBali Tourism Board (BTB) in thecontext of service improvementand imaging of taxi transportationin Bali.

It was disclosed that OrgandaBali regretted very much the taxichaotic disputes happened recentlyin Bali. Such taxi disputes occurredin a tourism area of Denpasar.

ccording to the Regentof Badung, thedevelopment of those

villages constituted theimplementation of the triple trackplus-plus strategy, namelyeconomic growth, especially inrural communities (pro-growth),reducing poverty (pro-poor),creating employment (pro-jobs),maintaining sanitation andenvironmental sustainability (pro-environment) and to preservecultural values (pro-culture).

The regent also said that tobuild the capacity of rural

Organda and BTB Synergize:

In Response to Travel Advisory of Australia

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Travel advisory issued bythe Australian government

on account of taxi disputeshappened earlier in Bali

became a serious slap forBali land transportation

organization (Organda) andtaxi operators in Bali.

Even, the taxi disputes triggered theissuance of travel advisory byAustralian government.

Meanwhile, Organda had askedthe taxi operators in Bali not torepeat the actions kindling anychaos as previously. All aspirationsof taxi operators could be

communicated to the governmentwithout necessarily followed byhazardous and anarchical actions.Such an action made the securityof Bali not conducive and causedtourists afraid of visiting Bali.

Explained, to address theAustralian travel advisory, Organda

had asked all taxi operators in Balito make an internal improvement.All taxi vehicles were required tocarry out their duties with the bestservice.

Organda with the governmenthad taken the coaching measures tothe existing taxi operators in Bali.The focus of guidance included inthe legality of operations andimprovement of services. “Withgood service it is expected touristscould conveniently use the existingtaxi vehicles in Bali,” he said.

It was also exposed that taxioperators were required to provideguarantee of comfort to everysingle passenger, including touristsas the users of taxi service. Thisservice improvement was expectedto consequently bring positiveimaging in accordance with thegovernment appeal.

Furthermore, it was said that tofix the image of taxi transportationservices, Organda Bali had askedfor the support of the tourismbusinesspeople coalesced into themembers of Bali Tourism Board(BTB). BTB could deliver relevantinformation related to the

revamping carried out by taxivehicles following the taxi disputespreviously.

It was affirmed that Organdaand BTB would take synergicmeasures for addressing theissuance of travel advisory by theAustralian government. Organdawould make internal improvementefforts while BTB as an associationof tourism stakeholders in Baliwould undertake externalimprovement.

Meanwhile, Eddy DharmaPutra added that externalrevamping involved the correctionof information related to theprevious taxi disputes anddelivered the improvementendeavors undertaken by the taxioperators after the disputes. Then,external improvement carried outby Organda with taxi operators andBTB’s efforts was to providecorrect explanation to therepresentatives of Australiangovernment. At least, it couldbecome a consideration for theAustralian government to withdrawthe travel advisory issuedpreviously. (BTN/BB)

Badung Regent

Development of TourismVillage as Implementation of

Triple Track Plus strategy

Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung handed over the government’sresponse to Factional General Perspective of Badung House

Development of potentialvillages as a tourism village in

Badung will becomealternative tourism in the

future of Badung and Bali.This was conveyed by the

Regent of Badung A.A. GdeAgung in the plenary session

of Badung House,not long ago.

communities especially withrespect to their understandingabout the seven charms becomingthe icon of Bali and Indonesiantourism. On that account, thedevelopment of tourism villageprogram would also haveimplication to the efforts inrealizing the ‘Clean and HealthyBehavior’ of people in rural areas.

Today, through the BadungGovernment Tourism Office ithad been prepared a number ofvillages that would serve as pilotprojects including thedevelopment of tourism villagesuch as Plaga Village(Nungnung), Kiadan, KerthaVillage, Pangsan Village, SangehVillage, Bongkasa Pertiwi Village,Baha Village, Kapal, MungguVillage and other villages in NorthBadung region having the charmthat could be made into touristattractions, including agrotourismthat has evolved in Petangsubdistrict.

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ccording to MangkuPastika, by means ofonline services, the

income could be maximized.Meanwhile, if collected in person,the leakage possibility was high,while in the online system it wouldbe handled by machine objectively.He said that everywhere around theworld people had implementedonline systems. “So there’s noreason to reject the implement ofonline system,” he said.

It was also affirmed that themoney of tax belonged toconsumers, not the money of

Online Hotel and Restaurant Taxto Prevent Revenue Deviation

entrepreneurs. “It was justdeposited to the entrepreneur. Onthat account, employers must payit. Otherwise, it is called a fraud,”said Governor Pastika.

Even though there has been alaw governing that PHR taxcollectors violating the rules couldbe imposed with sanctions, it wasstill very difficult to investigate andprove. This happened because the

All regencies and citiesthroughout Bali should apply

online taxation service to hotelsand restaurants (PHR). This

endeavor is intended to reduce therevenue leakage. Thus, Governor

of Bali Mangku Pastika revealedafter the plenary session of Bali

House in Denpasar, last Thursday(Aug 19).

tax value was based on thereporting made by the companies.

“I think taxpayers have noobjection to such a system becauseevery room’s tenant and customerseating at restaurant are obliged topay taxes amounting to 10 percent,”he continued.

Likewise, Mangku Pastika saidthat implementation of onlinesystem would make easier incalculating the daily PHR revenue.Similarly, employers would nolonger need to calculate their tax atthe end of the month that shouldbe paid to the local revenue officebecause it had been recorded everyday.

When asked further about howmuch percent the leakage level ofPHR was, Governor MangkuPastika said he did not specify thatfar. Obviously, he said, there wereindications of leakage. It could beseen from the reporting of PHRcollection, with the condition andreality in the field. (BTN/015)

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Treking in Plagathere are many different kinds ofplants and crops that we can meet.In detail, the tracking activitybegins at Banjar Kiadan pavilion todo breakfast or lunch depending onthe time set to start the trackingitself. Then proceed to the inn as aplace to stay for the tourists. Notfar from the inn, there is a buildingthat is used to store coffee beans.If we go farther we will find theplantation that stretched widevariety of plants contained in them.

When we are entering theplantation, we will be greeted bysome herbal plants arranged neatly,then passed to the area of chayotewhich grows fertile. Farther then

we will arrive in an area with amajority of bamboo plants that areembedded. Then spin a little bit wewill find garden full of oranges andpapayas. From that place, we willhave two options, continue thetracking or back to the inn. If wewant to continue then there aremany more interesting things thatwe can find.

With such a vast plantationareas, beautiful scenery, beautifulsurroundings and all naturalresources within it then this is agood and very interesting trackingarea which can be served as anotheroption of tourism in North Badungregion. (BTN/Angga/Dewa)

laga is a village located inBali, exactly in the regionof North Badung. The

village is rich in natural resourcesand the potential of tourism is alsopromising. Many things can beexplored there. Besides severaltourist attractions such as PuncakMangu and Tukad BangkungBridge which called the highest inall of Asia, in this area there is alsoan area that can be used for trackingwhich of course will be veryinteresting for tourists who loveadventure and outdoor sportsactivities.

The tracking path to be followedis through the plantation where

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1. Denpasar Areaa. Tourist Assistance Centre (24 hours)

WR Supratman Street, Ph : (0361) 224111b. Denpasar City Police Station, Gunung Sanghyang Street,

Denpasar.Phone (0361) 424346 – 422323

c. South Denpasar Police Sector, By Pass Ngurah Rai Sanur,Denpasar.Phone (0361) 288597

d. West Denpasar Police Sector, A Yani Street No 100, Denpasar.Phone (0361) 225456

e. East Denpasar Police Sector, Prof. Ida Bagus Mantra Street,Denpasar.Phone (0361) 464694

f. Kuta Police Sector, Kuta Street No. 141, KutaPhone (0361) 751598 – 752110

g. South Kuta Police Sector, By Pass Ngurah Rai, Bualu-Nusa Dua.Phone (0361) 772110

h. Tourist Police Post, Pantai Kuta Street, Kutai. Bualu Tourist Police Station, Bundaran Tugu Mandala of BTDC,

Nusa Duaj. Tourist Police Station (24 hours), Jl. Double Six Beach, Kuta.

2. Badung Areaa. Badung Police Station, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi.

Phone (0361) 829949b. Mengwi Police Sector, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi.

Phone (0361) 411270c. Petang Police Sector, Majapahit Street, Petang.

Phone (0361) 813975d. Abiansemal Police Sector, Ciung Wanara Street No. 80352,

Blahkiuh.Phone (0361) 813972

e. North Kuta Police Sector, Canggu Street. Kuta.3. Gianyar Area

a. Gianyar Police Resort, Jln Ngurah Rai,Gianyar.Phone (0361) 293110

b. Ubud Sector Police Station, Andong Street, Ubud.Phone (0361) 975316

c. Sukawati Sector Police, Sukawati Street,Phone (0361) 298723 –298110

d. Tourist Police Station, Simpang Puri Ubud4. Tabanan Area.

a. Tabanan Police Resort, Pahlawan Street, Tabanan.Phone (0361) 811210 – 814445

b. Alas Kedaton Tourist Police Station.c. Tanah Lot Tourist Police Station, Kediri.

Phone (0361) 8123995. Singaraja Area

a. Buleleng Police Resort, Pramuka Street, Singaraja.Phone (0362) 41510 – 21116

b. Lovina Tourist Police Station at Lovina6. Klungkung Area

a. Klungkung Police Resort, Untung Surapati Street No. 28.Phone (0366) 21115

b. Tourist Police Station at Goa Lawah tourism attraction7. Bangli Area

a. Bangli Police Resort, Merdeka Street No.98.Phone (0366) 91072

b. Tourist Police Station at Kintamani tourism attraction8. Karangasem Area

a. Karangasem Police Resort, Bhayangkara Street No. 1Phone (0363) 21220

b. Tourist Police Station of Candidasac. Tourist Police Station of Tulambend. Tourist Police Station of Besakih

9. Jembrana Areaa. Jembrana Police Resort, Pahlawan Street No. 27 Negara.

Phone (0365) 41110 – 41198.b. Tourist Police Station at Rambut Siwi tourism area.

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P: +62-361-751971; F: +62-361-755909 E: [email protected] W: www.ramagardenhotelbali.com

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Telp: 0361 752167Fax : 0361 754372

Email: [email protected]

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Puri Saron HotelJl. Camplung Tanduk Seminyak Kuta Bali

P: +62 (361) 731007; F: +62 (361) 730492 E: [email protected] W: www.purisaronhotels.com

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KEC is an association of hoteliers whose place of business is locatedin Kuta, Legian and Seminyak areas. There are a total of Room now2969 rooms represented by 20 hotels members of KEC. KEC wasinitially established in the early of 2000 to exchange information ontourism related and to initiate social related activities amongst themembers. KEC meets on the second Thursday of each month. KECalso has working groups of marketing initiative, environment, securityand government liaisons.

VISIONKEC will bring together hospitality business entities in Kuta district tohave a common understanding and commitment of the paramountrole everyone contributes to the success of Kuta in supporting Bali as

Ramada Resort Camakila

T : +62 361 752 877; F : +62 361 752 870E : [email protected] : www.ramadaresortcamakila.com

Jl. Pura Bagus Teruna, LegianBali, Indonesia

Kuta Beach Club Hotel & SpaJl. Singosari No 18 P.O. Box 3226 Kuta

Bali Indonesia P: +62-361-751261; F: +62-361-766002 E: [email protected] W: www.kutabeachclub.com

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Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort Jalan Pantai Kuta, Legian, Bali - Indonesia 80361

P: +62-361-752520; F: +62-361-752519 E: [email protected] W: www.alamkulkul.com

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Melasti Beach Resort & SpaJl Dewi Sartika Kuta

P: +62-361-751335; F: +62-361-751563 E: [email protected] W: www.melastibali.com

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All Seasons Legian BaliJl Padma Utara Legian Bali Indonesia

P: +62-361-767688 F: +62-361-756197 E: [email protected] W: www.allseasonslegian.com

Bali Mandira Beach Resort & SpaJl. Padma no. 2 Legian, Kuta, Bali.

P: +62-361-751381 F: +62-361-752377 E: [email protected] W: www.balimandira.com

The Breezes Bali Resort & SpaJL Camplung Tanduk 66, Seminyak, Bali

80361, Indonesia P: +62-361-730573; F: +62-361-730518 E: [email protected] W: www.thebreezesbali.com

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Inna Kuta Beach Hotel, Cottage & SpaJl. Pantai Kuta1, Kuta, P.O. Box 3393

P: +62 (361) 751361; F: +62 (361) 751362 E: [email protected] [email protected] W: www.innakutabeach.com

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P: +62-361-751433 F: +62-361-752074 W: www.jayakartahotelsresort.com

Kuta Seaview Boutique Resort & SpaJl. Pantai Kuta, Kuta BeachBali – IndonesiaP : +62-361-751961; F : +62-361-751962E : [email protected] : www.kutaseaviewhotel.com

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a sustainable world class tourism destination.

MISSIONKEC will exchange information amongst members that affects thehospitality industry business in general and to have a common voiceand actions on tourism related issues in Kuta, Legian and Seminyakareas. KEC members will develop the positive image of, and promoteKuta, Legian and Seminyak as a preferred tourism destination in Bali.KEC will facilitate the communication and cooperation betweenbusiness, local government and the Balinese community. KEC willencourage the highest level of safety, security, cleanliness andenvironmental friendliness.

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ubak poses an agricultural management system(irrigation) in Bali which has existed since the ninthcentury. This system remains in practice by farmers inBali up to these days (21st century). Why has the system

been maintained for more than 12 centuries? Do not farmers inBali get in touch with the advanced Western management showingits rapid growth since the middle century (15th through 19th

centuries)? The answer must be submitted to the farmercommunity of Bali.

Evidently, the farming community in Bali strongly believes inthe Tri Hita Karana (THK) concept becoming the basis of watercontrol system management. Through the aspiration to live inharmony with their Lord (spiritual element/Parhyangan), harmonywith the fellow humans (social elements/Pawongan) and harmonywith the nature (environment element/Palemahan) is believed tomake this world last forever. In relation to the confidence, in thisedition we invite you to explore the splendor of agrotourism andecotourism in Bali remaining to be practiced by the subakmanagement in dealing with their business.

The Millenary Subak Management

reen revolution occurred between 1943 and 1970sthrough the implementation of chemical fertilizerand a good irrigation system has conjured up rice

production. In short term, it became an efficacious medicineto resolve the famine in tropical countries. Few decades later,it had an impact on the reduction of environmental quality,like pollution in water, land and others. Apart from the impacton the environment, it was also had an impact on humanhealth like the rise of some new cancers.

Realizing these facts, now Bali has an initiative to becomea green province and implement the integrated farmingsystem (Simantri). Hopefully, implementation of the systemcould realize the Bali Organic plan and consequently minimizethe environmental destruction. Green province campaignincludes some aspects, namely green culture, greeneconomy and Bali green and clean. Green culture is intendedto change the societal behavior in managing their wastemanagement and environment. Green economy hints thatall economic activities should be in the eco-friendlyorientation. These two aspects will empty out into the initiativeof Bali Organic.

One of the aspects is applied in the agricultural field.Socialization has been intensified while establishing farmergroups. Through breeding local cows, for instance, farmersare expected to get maximal benefits. Other than increasingthe number of cows, they will be able to take advantage thecow dung and urine for organic fertilizers. In the long run, itwill reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Ofcourse, this endeavor will reduce the production cost thatshould be spent by farmers and at the same time increasethe quality of rice as well as improve the environmental quality.

As a matter of fact, simple practice of this concept couldhave been seen around 1970s. Farmers using cows tocultivate their land could also take advantage of their cowdung. It was spread out onto the rice field and its efficacycould last for at least for two planting seasons. In terracedrice field, it could uniquely be managed by establishing acowshed in the upper stream. Later on, the collected drycow dung was channeled to rice field through the water gutter.

However, since being urged by the demand to multiplethe rice production, farmers left the method. Introduction ofhand tractor and chemical fertilizers gradually replaced therole of cows. The new method was expected to accelerate

Spiritual Farming:

From One Greento Some other Greens

the land cultivation process. As consequence, cows wereonly serving as ‘family saving’ for farmers.

Simple eco-friendly pest control actually has beenproposed in the palm-leaf manuscript entitled “Shri Tattwaor Darmaning Pemaculan.” It has been applied by subakcommunity in Bali from generation to generation until today.However, it seems to put more emphasis on the ritual aspectonly, while herbal pesticide or other means of the oblation isonly applied symbolically. For instance, bird raids aremanaged by offering two pieces of ketupat sidayu togetherwith oblation and side dish of yellow dragonfly.

Meanwhile, Subash Palekar from India claimed to havedeveloped the vedic-based farming. He has initiated his‘spiritual farming’ since 1988. In essence he said that Godor nature has provided human with everything required togrow plants. So implementing the chemical fertilizers andpesticide means to oppose God and will result in bad impactto humans. Cow dung and urine as well as compost arethree beneficial ingredients being enough for farming bothon irrigated and non-irrigated land. By doing so, he claims itis a ‘zero budget of natural farming’ as in his trilogy bookentitled Philosophy of Spiritual Farming.

To sum up, all movements at least refer to the samekeywords namely green, natural and eco-friendly concept.They denote milestone of new awareness on modern humanto re-orientate their food production in quality. This awarenesshas triggered the orientation in the quality of life andenvironment. Hopefully, the aspiration of Bali as GreenProvince and other green concepts could be realizedsupported by entire community based on their awareness ofa better quality life!

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Advancement of science of technology does notanswer all problems encountered by human life. Inagriculture, for instance, modern farmers can nowboost the quantity of production, even in multiple

amounts. On the one had, it’s a great success but onthe other hand it still leaves a problem on the decline

of environmental and human health quality.

hen he applied, he wasoffered to be a Butlerfirst, and time by time he

became a Supervisor and becamean Assistant Head Butler for thenext offering in the same hotel,finally, he was offered to be theHead Butler who was charged inRoom Service and Housekeeping

GM Harris Hotel, Budi Prihardjanto

Make Them Happy with “The Little Surprise”

department. “We have to know,how long we could achieve ourgoal and where is the spot that wecould satisfy, every moment ofsadness and happiness are the waywe could be a success. Don’t everfollow the flow, because waterflows from the high place into thelower place and sometimes the

flow of the watercould finish in adirty cesspool,”said this 37 yearsold man.

He has someexperiences asResident Host atsome hotels inJava and themost proudlyoccupation forhim where heworked in RitzCarlton KualaL u m p u r ,R o s e w o o dCorniche JedahSaudi Arabia,Ritz CarltonPacific Jakarta,Banyan TreeT h a i l a n d ,Calista LuxuryResort Turkey,IC Green PalaceHotel in Turkey,Rixos PremiumHotel in Turkeyand the last onewas to become aDirector for FarEast Operationin The

International Institute of ModernButlers in Florida – USA, who wasresponsible to deliver Butlertraining for some Luxury hotel /resorts. After that he returned toIndonesia for DharmawangsaJakarta as a Human ResourcesDirector in 2007 until 2008 andmove to Swiss-Bel Hotel Jakarta in

2009. And now, although justarrived in Bali about 5 months agoas the General Manager in HarrisHotel Tuban – Bali, he wants toshare his experiences with all of thestaff in there especially for theinterpersonal service. “I know theBalinese people are very friendly,but some of them don’t know abouttheir friends. So, I want the staffknow each other in detail especiallywhat they love into, so they coulddo the same thing to the guests,”said this man who was blessed with3 beloved daughters.

Starting term as GM at theHarris Hotel Tuban, Budi has somehopes in Harris Hotel. “I wantmake this hotel become the besthotel, although as known as a smallhotel but has a good service like afive star hotel,” said this friendlyman who has to visit his daughtersand wife in Jakarta every month.He has a concept about theinterpersonal service that couldmake a good impression among theguests. The concept is very simple,when the guests come and arrivein the hotel, the staff could see whatthey need and what they will askto them. They also could know howto make them happy with “the littlesurprise”. For example are theways they treat the guests and alsothe way they could be happy withsome surprise for them. In thattime, there are two Holland guestswho was born in Ambon, Mr. Budihas driven them into someapartments in Kuta and knew abouttheir favorite things, some of themare music and Ambon. So, Mr.

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Budi Prihardjanto is a hardworker. He has a Diploma in

French literature from TheIndonesian Academy of

Foreign Languages in 1992until 1995. After that he

continued his study in TheInternational Institute of

Modern Butlers in Florida –USA started in 2005 until 2006.

He began his experiences intourism about 14 years ago, asthe Food and Beverage Waiter

in The Regent Jakarta, whichwas managed by Four Season

Regent Hotel and Resorts. Inthe early years, he felt that he

didn’t have any capability toimprove his skill, especially in

his English and Frenchlanguage ability. So, he

decided to move into the FrontOffice Division in the Four

Season Jakarta. In 1997, hedecided to improve his skill asa Butler, and fortunately he gota chance in The Darmawangsa

Jakarta.

Budi gave them a CD audio and theartist was come from Ambon butstay in Holland for his musiccarrier. “It is a little thing, but couldbe very impressive and meaningfulfor the guest, so they will rememberabout me, and also Harris Hotel,”he said.

His relationship with the staffwas so amazing and he gets therespect with a good method. Hecalled it “Manager Table”. In thissession, the staff could tell anythingto the manager, and they have asame position on that time. So, theywill know each other about theirfriends’ characters. After that theycould apply it in the real life,moreover they could know andremember more about the guests inHarris Hotel.

Mr. Budi is a lovely man, heteaches the staff how to respect withthe guests, and also how to makethem happy with “the littlesurprise”. These things are the mainand important thing to be adaptedin every place where they belongto. In the business side, he has aprinciple that “lowering the priceis not a good strategy” tomaintenance the hotel well. So,without losing the advantages, wecould make them like in heavenduring their stay in Bali. Especiallyfor the business man that usuallycome to Harris Hotel for theirbusiness trip, moreover thebusiness man are the main gueststhat come to Harris Hotel whichchoose Harris Hotel for theirefficiency and airport services.

“We also have a program forevery two months that we visit theorphanage with the staff and alsothe managers in every division,”said this cheerful man. So, Mr. Budiand his Harris’s staff never forgetabout Pawongan concept in TriHita Karana about theharmonization between human andtheir social life with the other humanin this life. (BTN/Esha/Dewa)

No. Description Score1. Nature & Outdoor activities 102. Music & Night Life 063. Food & Drink 074. Arts & Culture 095. Social & Dating Scene 056. Living Cost 087. Education 068. Health 059. Accommodation 10

10. Environmental Awareness 06

TOTAL SCORE 73

Here are the complete score of the poll held by Travel +Leisure magazine on 10 criteria to evaluate Bali as The BestIsland in the World 2009, published by Diparda Bali.

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HK is a hot item, not justin Badung and inDenpasar, which are

popular tourist attractions, but alsoin the rural areas, where the peopleare relative poor and busy withfarming. No wonder these people arefocused on the THK as the only wayto increase their welfare. Improvingthe quality of life of all people is thechallenge of this philosophy and thisincludes not only the happy few, buteven more the people who areworrying about their daily life andthe future of their children andgrandchildren. And as long as anunfair gap between the haves andhave-nots on Bali exists, much hasto be done to this gap.

In this respect the THK can beused by people, organizations andgovernment as a compass for policyto transform Bali in what we like tocall The Island of the Gods. And this

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Since I am an outspoken fan of the philosophy of THK onBali I often hear –more than before- people speaking aboutthe THK and how this concept could be developed on Bali. Itis not because recently many more people would be convertedto this Hindu philosophy, but has all to do with myself becauseI am eager to discuss THK as the uniqueness on Bali. It is thesame phenomenon that I recognize from the time that I had aserious back injury and discovered to my surprise how manymore people suffered from backache. The same with kite flying,the moment you are interested in this kind of sport, you willexperience that you are not the only one interested, but thatapparently many more people are involved and that there iseven a worldwide network of kite players, who meet regularlyat international kite festivals.

is not just talking, because someinitiatives have already been taken,which are aiming at a better futurefor all Balinese on the base of aunique cooperation betweensuccessful hotels and villages in ruralareas.

As far as I know, the promotionof community-based-tourism (CBT)is the best what can be done toinvolve the rural area actively intourism on Bali. The rural area hasso much to contribute to tourism andis indispensable in the whole packageof tourism. Most important, nowhereon Bali you will find spirituality insuch a pure form in which the farmeris playing a leading role just byshowing what peace and harmonyreally are all about in human life. Andbe aware that spirituality will be mostattractive to international touristswho choose Bali as their holidaydestination. Even if they stay in a

wonderful hotel on the beach in NusaDua, they still are hungry for theexperience of spirituality and for thatyou have to go to the village.

So it was a lucky day that I couldjoin the THK committee for anecotour to Pelaga, a village in thenorth of Badung. It is striking to seethe difference in lifestyle and welfarebetween the south of Badung withso many luxurious hotels and thenorth where people are working hardto stay alive.

First of all we visited a factory inKiadan, one of the banjar of Pelaga,producing juice from the deliciousmarkisa. Wouldn’t it be nice ifluxurious hotels in the south woulduse this fruit juice as a welcome drinkfor all their guests? A wonderful ideaand perfectly fitting in the THKphilosophy, but unfortunately at themoment not feasible because offluctuations in the quality of the juiceand inconsistent distribution. But –Iwould say- these conditions can begaranteed by training the people ofthe village, so they will be competentto manage the markisa factory bymatching the requirements of theinternational hotels in the south. Thistraining could probably the best beprovided by the hotelmanagersthemselves from the hotels that willoffer this nice juice as a real Balinesewelcome drink.

I realize that this single case ofmarkisa fruit is just an example ofan activity that will contribute to thewelfare of people in rural areas. Butthere are more examples, such ascoffee, tea, salak, jeruk and so on. Itwould be worthwhile to inventorize

the potential of the villages in therural areas. With this insight we areable to develop CBT as a new branchof tourism, which could be profitablefor the guests, the hotels and last butnot least for the villages.

Next we had a walk outside thevillage in some kind of forest withthat impressive variety of trees, thatnot only produce fruit andvegetables but also herbs formedicine. Wouldn’t touristsappreciate this trip in the jungle withexplanation about so many trees asan experience they like to talk aboutto their family and friends backhome? That’s why in the villagePelaga a complex of 4 simple roomshas been established, where touristscan stay overnight and have theopportunity to experience life in thevillage.

Just as with the markisa factorythe quality of this housing complexhas to be improved. Basic facilitiesare oke, but the sanitary has to beclean and functional. Again, just asin the markisa case the managers ofthe hotels are the ones who can helpthe villages to set-up a simple formof home-stay with a simple but stillcomfortable interior. This CBT willbe integrated in the package offeredby the hotels to the internationaltourists.

During the discussion about allthese plans of CBT I heard thesuggestion that hotels would bewilling to sponsor the villages inorganizing CBT. By taking thisinitiative hotels would be serious inimplementing THK. Cooperationbetween hotels and villages I would

like to compare with the life of twins,who belong to each other and stillhave their own identity.

The life in the village seemssimple, but nevertheless representsall aspects of spirituality, that peopleare looking for to become happy. Inthis journey of life and happiness thetourist will try to copy the life of thepeasant, who is in balance with thethree values of the THK: to worshipGod, to love his family and livetogether with the people in hisbanjar, and to harvest the rice fieldand respect the integrity of the earth.

I do not doubt that this experiencewill be an eye-opener for all thosetourists who come to Bali and stayin a wonderful hotel along the beach.Specialized in tourism I would saythat CBT belongs to tourism ingeneral and that Bali needs todevelop CBT to present itself to theworld as a center of spirituality. Thesecret for this hot spot of spiritualityis the balance between the threeelements of THK and by neglectingCBT, Bali would undermine thisphilosophy. To position Bali as oneof the few places of spirituality inthe world, the solidarity of allBalinese people is unconditional. Weneed the solidarity of both the poorpeople in the rural area and thesuccessful people in the luxurioushotels. The cooperation betweenhotels and villages will stress that allpeople on Bali work together as oneteam: a winning team.


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Pura Tanah LotPura Pakendungan

Dewi Sinta Restaurant Tanah lot, offersa wide rings of Balinese, Indonesian andChinese food as well as seafood and Europeancuisine prepared by our experienced chef.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are available ala carte or buffet style.

HOTEL- RESTAURANT- SPATANAH LOT-BALI

Phone : +62 361 812933 Fax : +62 361 813956

Website: www.dewisinta.comE-mail : [email protected]

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I t is not an art show, but the activity of environmental preservation namely ‘the release of turtle hatchlings.’ This event was organized creatively.Before peak of the event, there was an art procession parading the turtle hatchlings equipped with festive pennant, banners and flag as well asaccompanied by baleganjur gamelan music. Later on, such turtle hatchlings were released simultaneously accompanied by baleganjur music,

too. It was the vivacious atmosphere enlivening the 65th anniversary of RI’s Independence and the 44th anniversary of Inna Grand Bali Beach (IGBB) Sanur,last Tuesday (Aug 17). Here are some pictures immortalizing the momentous minutes: (1) procession of turtle hatchling release, (2) releasing the hatchlings,(3) General Managers of properties under management of Hotel Indonesia-Natour, and (4) Futsal game. (photo & text by budarsana)

Turtle Hatchlings Release

Bali was Blessed by High Priest of TibetPuri Saron, Wednesday (18 / 8) received an honor visited

by the High Priest of Tibet. During the visit, Priest of Tibetnamed HH Dudjom Tenzin Yeshe Dorje and 12 other priests

warmly welcomed by the head of tourism department ofBadung, Drs. I Made Subawa, MM. and Gusti Kade Sutawa,

SE., MM., MBA as Chairman of the KEC (Kuta ExecutiveClub) who sponsored the event.

H Dudjom Tenzin YesheDorje was the 19thincarnation of the

genealogy DUDJOM, born inBhutan and was officially admittedand named by HH the Dalai Lama asa Tulku Orgyen Rinpoche. He hadreceived all the initiation andtransmission of the main teachings ofKarma and Terma Nyingma from theholder of main genealogy. The HighPriest had visited many places inIndonesia such as Semarang,Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jambi,

ayung Gede Village,Kintamani subdistrict,Bangli Regency, is

developed into a tourism pilotproject 2010. “Previously, we havealready made comprehensive studieson various aspects and is nowdetermined to be a pilot project ofcommunity-based tourism 2010,”said Village Chief of Bayung GedeI Wayan Suwela, recently.

He added, since the village wasdeclared as a pilot project, his partyreceived the help and facilities fromthe National Program forCommunity Empowerment(PNPM). Bayung Gede Village isone of 11 villages in Indonesiadeveloped into a pilot project forcommunity-based tourism.

Meanwhile, Udayana Universityhas performed various studies inrelation to the project since 2005concerning with several aspects ofBayung Gede Village. “PreviouslyBayung Gede Village was just as abackup, but having been reviewedby a team from central government,our village were finally selected,” heexplained.

Similarly, he mentioned that thebasic reason on the selection ofBayung Gede Village as tourismpilot project 2010 was stated in theletter from the Coordinating Ministryfor People’s Welfare No. 10.13.834/KMD/D/VII/V/2010. With thepublication of the letter, it meant inthe development of community-based cultural tourism of BayungGede, the government wouldallocate a fund worth IDR 2.5 billion.

The main factor of Bayung GedeVillage selected as a pilot project,according to Suwela, was caused by

in the eyes of the internationalcommunity. “We will support allactivities that could promote tourismin Bali, including business tourism,sports tourism and spiritual tourism.For spiritual tourism in particular, wewelcome the visit of the High Priestof Tibet. So there we can make Baliwhich considered as a ‘destinationyesterday’, becoming Bali as a‘destination tomorrow’, “said I MadeSubawa, when asked related to theevent.

A similar statement was alsoconveyed by Gusti Kade Sutawawhich said that he was veryenthusiastic about everything thatcould increase tourism in Bali.“There are a lot of efforts that wehave done to promote Bali in theeyes of the world. With the visit ofPriests of Tibet who do the grandpuja to Bali despite the negativeeffects, of course this is a positivestep which also can increase thetourism in Bali, “added Kade Sutawathat also as the initiator of peaceechoes in Bali. (BTN/PKL Unud)

Jakarta, andfinally his lasttrip to Balifrom 18-21August 2010.

The purposeof the visit wasto pray for Balit oprogressivelyexpand into abetter Bali inthe future. Itwould be gohand in handwith thepromotion ofBali andincrease thetourism image

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a unique tradition owned by thevillage prevailing a prohibition tonewlywed couple. In the village, thecouple recently married is notallowed to enter into the home yardand not regarded as residents of theBayung Gede Village before payingtumbakan (a kind of dowry)submitted to the village in the formof two bulls and undertakingparticular fasting.

In addition, the newlywed couplewas required to make a processioncalled penyekeban (maturation) byliving in a small shack at the end ofthe local village. In addition to thisunique tradition, Bayung Gede alsohas a system of governmentpracticed from time immemorialcalled saih nembelas system. Thistraditional government system,continued Suwela, ran theadministration chaired by a leadermanaging the local temples andtraditional village. “With thistraditional leadership system, theresidents of our village remain wellunited up to these days,” he said.

Regarding to livelihood, heexplained that since 2005 most localresidents had relied on the cropsobtained from planting citrus, whilepreviously they only cultivatedcassava and gogo rice variety plantedon non-irrigated field.

In the meantime, for themanagement of Bayung GedeVillage as a tourism pilot project,Suwela added, his party wouldestablish a committee. “In years tocome, this committee will managethe assistance obtained and at thesame time build the tourism atGede Bayung Village,” heconcluded. (BTN/BB)

elayu Village, Tabanan, starts to draw the visit of foreigntourists, especially those from Germany, France, Holland.Recently, Bali Travel News (BTN) waited up in the Beji Temple

located at Beringkit Hamlet, Belayu Village. At that time, it happened tobe the piodalan or temple anniversary of the local temple lying beautifullyon the riverside and at its surrounding stretched a verdant paddy field.

When BTN got up early, some tourists had been in the courtyard ofBeji Temple. They were amazed to see the temple surrounded by sometropical big trees. As consequence, atmosphere of the temple wasregularly cool and turning more solemn as accompanied by the gurglingsounds of water in the Yeh Sungi River looking crystal clear and flowingamong the stone rocks.

Belayu Village Getting more Favored by Tourists

It is the ambience of the pristine countryside ofBelayu Village favored by European tourists. Theyhave trekking activities in the morning and afternoonby passing through the wide spreads of verdant ricefields and occasionally take pictures andcommunicate with friendly local farmers.

Not long ago, a temple anniversary was alsoorganized at Dangka Temple at Belayu Villagecoinciding with the anniversary of Beji Temple.Those European tourists had an opportunity to watchand immortalized such momentous moment withtheir digital camera where the procession of templeanniversary is as seen on the photo.

Belayu Village is suitable to be developed into atourism village because of its rural landscape,endless rice fields and communities deeply involvedin the profession as sculptors, majoring in theBalinese traditional classical sculpture. Meanwhile,accommodation for guests is also available at BelayuVillage. (BTN/Yan Beryas)

ali Safari & Marine Parkpresented a spectaculartheatrical show denoting a

fusion of Balinese traditionalperforming arts and contemporarydance as a modern art theatre.Musical collaboration of diversegenres and puppet attraction wasperformed at the largest modernstage, so it turns so excitingperforming arts.

It was the show entitled ‘BaliAgung—the Legend of BalineseDeities’ in Bali Safari & Marine Park,Gianyar, Tuesday (Aug 31) that lateron would be performed regularlyfour times a week.

The original music compositionas a perfect blend of Balinesegamelan and western orchestralmusic enriched the performing artsproduction. A total of 150 artistssupporting the work of art looked sogood at expressing the storylinetaken from historical and legendarystories of Sri Jaya Pangus, the Kinggoverning the Balingkang Kingdomin the twelfth century and his belovedwife Kang Ching Wie was anobleman’s daughter from mainlandChina.

What made the show trulyinteresting was when Bali’s mostaccomplished artists, including thedancers, puppeteer and musicianjointly performed with a variety ofexotic and trained animals such aselephants, camels, eagles and tigers.The stretch of volcanic crater andtowering volcano became a

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backdrop of the epic filled by sneakyplots and heroism.

Peter J. Wilson, the world’sleading film director whocollaborated with puppeteer, I MadeSidia, was really good at arrangingthe most illustrious legend mixedwith the amazing effects of thewestern theater to create a theatricaleffect. Moreover, the indoor theatercomplex had a capacity of 1200 seatsand equipped with the latest multi-media technology, sophisticatedsound systems and lighting made thetheater performances alive.

Executive Director, HansManangsang during the pressconference before the gig said thatthe vision of Bali Agung was tocreate a colossal work with theoverall story line summarizing the

essence of Bali, an imaging about theevolution in the perspective ofBalinese culture. “This is animportant aspect of our commitmentto conservation of wildlife andculture,” he said.

Bali Agung team was created andproduced by renowned theater teamin the international arena. Director,composer and production designer ofthis spectacular theater had beeninvolved in various large-scaleproductions, including the SydneyOlympics and Doha Asian Gamesevent. “The combination of theaterartists and the team is promising aunique and daily performance thatcan only be witnessed in the BaliTheater,” he added.

Meanwhile, John Sumampaw,Director of Sales and Marketing of BaliTheater added the theatre would castthe uniqueness of Balinese culture andthe brilliance of its values consequentlyattracting a national and internationalaudience to visit and enjoy the creativedimension of the island within the scopeof a single theme park.

According to the famous Balinesepuppet artist, I Made Sidia, the BaliAgung production would soon beshown to the wider public as the artsand cultural scene of the mostmagnificent ever undertaken inIndonesia. “I have seen a variety oftheatrical performances throughout theworld and most of them are indeedcolossal, but the Bali Agung will standout in terms of concept andphilosophy,” he asserted. (BTN/bud)

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Hotel, Cottages & SpaPo. Box 1 Nusa Dua, Denpasar

80363 Bali, IndonesiaPhone : (0361) 771020.

Fax: (0361) 771139E-mail:

[email protected]:http//www.putribali.com

Hotel with unique cordiality

September 3 - 23, 2010Who’s WhoWho’s WhoLooking back at your activities

member, Harto Wijaya,who will create anddeliver selections ofdelectable dishes toguests. He will overseerestaurant, lobby lounge,pool bar, in room dining,spa food and meetingservices. Known for hiscreativity in the kitchen,Harto Wijaya joined thehotel in early August2010 as a Sous Chef. Hehas been cookingprofessionally for over13 years and holdsvarious qualifications,making him an excellentaddition to the team. Hestarted his career as aCook at KJ clubRestaurant and CaféSurabaya and moved toBali to continue hiscareer at Seafood LagunaRamayana Hotel, Bali

Beach Golf Course, GabahRestaurant Ramayana Hotel,Executive Chef in Adhijaya Hoteland as a Chef at SILQ Villa prior

Harto Wijaya

The New Sous Chef of Aston joining Aston At Grand Kuta. Hislove of culinary arts makes himalways creative and exploring theart of food. Harto Wijaya willcontinue to share his culinaryknowledge and enrich the Aston atGrand Kuta Hotel and Residencevarious dishes. (BTN/R)

Hatchlings Release at GriyaSantrian Hotel

SANUR - Griya Santrian Hotel, August 17, 2010 held adinner which took place on the beach and was attended byguests who were staying at the hotel in order to celebratethe independence day of the republic of Indonesia. Theinteresting thing about the event in that time was the holdingof the release of hatchlings on the beach which located insouth of the hotel before the dinner began. The release ofhatchlings was greeted with enthusiasm by the guests ofthe hotel. Not less than 50 guests participated in the eventwhich the plan was recognized very suddenly by one of thesteering committee.

“This hatchlings release is an additional event that wemake as a series of commemorations of Indonesia’sIndependence Day. We are planning this event with suddenlybecause only one day before the holding of the event wefound the hatchlings hung around our shores. It is indeedan amazing thing considering the incubation process lastedthree months. It means that we have been three monthsalong with the eggs here,” said Tamiarta, one of the staff atthe Griya Santrian hotel.

The event of hatchlings release was held in the afternoonand it took about half an hour. While waiting for the mainevent, which in that case was dinner and dance, thehatchlings release event represented a very interestingattraction. It was also recognized by the guests who werepresent there. Peter and Paul, the couple who alsoparticipated in the event claimed to feel really enjoy with theevent. “This is a great event and this is the first experiencefor us. We are very happy when we let them go and watchthem swim to reach their freedom. Very amazing and funny,”said them pleased. (BTN/Angga)

Blood Donation

SEMINYAK - On the occasion of the anniversary ofIndonesia Independence Day on 17 August 2010, SofitelSeminyak Bali held blood donation in the hotel. As committedon the first event held in April, blood donation is becomehotel’s permanent program which is held every three months. Assisted by the Indonesian Red Cross (IRC), the committeewas expecting to get more participant than the previousevent. The blood donation was held at the pre-function PuriTanjung Sari Ballroom and was started at 2:00 p.m. until5:00 p.m. (BTN/R)

Brain Awareness Training

LEGIAN - All staffs should be aware with hotel product andget in touch with the brand itself. To fulfill this awareness,recently all Department heads and the second layer of AllSeasons got training conducted by Accor Corporate TrainingAsia, Mr. Hendra J. Ngantung. This training just took 1 dayon 13th August’10 and divided into 2 sessions, morning andafternoon. The aims of this training is to give brain awarenessabout All Seasons itself, why All Seasons is created, whatis the position of All Seasons in Accor group, what is themeaning of All Seasons and what All Seasons sold to theguest. Mr. Kahar Salamun, General Manager of All Seasonshope by this training all parties could bring more up the feelof All Seasons to the guest, so they could enjoy their stay inAll Seasons. (BTN/R)

Independence Day

KUTA - The 65th celebration of Independence Day wascelebrated at Kuta Seaview Boutique Resort and Spa, the onlyone luxurious boutique resort at Kuta beach area. Theatmosphere of independent’s celebration feel so strong by red– white and flags from the main gate until the lobby area of thisresort with 80 well refurbishment rooms.

For this special moment Kuta Seaview management andstaff celebrating the independence day by holding the flagceremony besides other activities as in previous years. Attendedby each department head and their staffs, they are followedthe flag hoisting ceremony to honoring those that sacrificedlives fighting the for nation independence.

Mr. K. Swabawa, the Resident Manager on his speech said“ A great nation is that can respect and reminisce their history,live in unity and harmony civilization. Our resort was 34 yearsalready, great thanks and high appreciate to the owningcompany who has committed as always to operate this resortin every challenge has attacked our country. This great effort isvery beneficial for Bali’s community, as environmentdevelopment we may retain peoples who have worked here for2 generations. We must survive in every way”

On this occasion, by the aim to appreciate the employee’sloyalty and their consistent to always provide the best servicefor all customers, the management presents the “25 yearsExcellent Service’s certificate of recognition” for the employeeswho had worked and served for 25 years in Kuta SeaviewBoutique Resort & Spa. The groceries were delivered to themas a gift. By this appreciation rewards, the managementexpecting for all the department head and staffs to maximizetheir job performance and loyalty as part of Kuta SeaviewBoutique Resort & Spa team in the future. (BTN/R)

The ElysianDynamic New Management Team

This is an exciting time to be part of The Elysiancommunity as the resort approaches its fifth anniversary.The resort which first introduced the boutique cluster villaconcept to the market is rapidly developing into other marketsectors.

“My five years at The Elysian have gone by in rapidfashion. No doubt this is due to the excitement of being ableto watch the resort grow from opening day until the presenttime. Our success as a select resort can be directly attributedto our young and resourceful team who share a commonvision in creating a strongly interwoven community withinthe brand itself. Coupled with our cutting edge concepts isan innovative management style that fosters personal growthwhile allowing the whole team to continually reach newbenchmarks. The combined experience of our team willensure that The Elysian family will successfully pave pathsinto new territories and it is great to play a part in it.” saidThasia Handayani.

Thasia Handayani was recently appointed as TheElysian’s General Manager and highlights a distinguishedcareer of ten years in the travel and hospitality sector.Thasia’s multilevel experience will certainly keep The Elysianforging ahead

The Elysian’s former General Manager, Gusti Redita hasmoved into a supporting consultant role for the Elysian Groupas the newly formed Elysian Group operation’s now includeResort Property Concepts and Developments, Restaurantand Spa Operations, Property Sales, Land BankingInvestments in addition to Resort Design and relatedservices.

It is an interesting portfolio for the vibrant brand andassisting the team in their endeavours is the newly recruitedMarketing Manager, Kinta Kania and the former Head ofOperations, I Made Arsana has been promoted to Thasia’syouthful management team as The Elysian’s ExecutiveAssistant Manager.

All of the changes and appointments herald a new erafor the young company who have experienced resoundingsuccess since their launch into the marketplace with theslick 26 villa Elysian Resort in 2005.

The Elysian is proud of their achievement and recognizethe role played by the youthful management team that willensure that The Elysian remains as one of Asia’s premiereluxury brands.

ill Lane, the founder ofPATA (The Pacific AsiaTravel Association),

passed away Saturday (7/8). Hewas 90 years old. Ambassador BillLane was instrumental in thecreation of PATA in 1952 inHawaii and remained an activemember throughout his life.

He was also the founder ofSunset Magazine, one of theregion’s first travel publications, apioneer of the region’s travel andtourism movement and a foundingmember of the PATA Foundation.

Terry Francis, chairman of thefoundation board of trustees said:“As chairman of the PATAFoundation, it is my very sad dutyto write to you about the passingof one of the foundation’s foundersand great benefactors. Bill Lane,former foundation president, leftus this past Saturday at the age of90 of respiratory failure after abrief illness.”

During his decades (1959-

PATA Foundation’s FounderAmbassador Bill Lane Passes Away

1990) as co-owner and publisherof the acclaimed Sunset magazine,LW “Bill” Lane Junior helpeddefine life in the American westafter World War II. The magazine,the most successful regionalpublication in the USA,encouraged its readers to live well,focusing on home, garden, food,and travel.

Bill was a pioneeringenvironmentalist, editorializingagainst DDT three years before itwas banned. His belief in travelas a bridge for cultural exchangeand understanding, led him to takean early interest in sustainabledevelopment, both in his owncountry and those across thePacific. Stationed in the Pacificwith the US Navy during WW II,he later served in peace time as USambassador to Australia andNarau, and as ambassador-at-largeto Japan.

These interests andinvolvements made it only natural

for Bill to be oneof the drivingforces behind theformation ofPATA in 1952and later, of theP A T AF o u n d a t i o n .Recognized inPATA’s Hall ofFame, heremained veryactive in theassociation andwas named a lifemember in 1976.

Bill was aphilanthropistendowing suchinstitutions as hisalma mater,S t a n f o r dUniversity, and theSmithsonian.

(BTN/eTurboNews)

he Tanah Lot tourist object, Tabanan has beenfamous from time immemorial. It has beautifulnature and magnificent view of Tanah Lot Temple

surrounded by the sea. It is very unique indeed and secondto none in the world. Every day, especially in the afternoon,abundant tourists enthusiastically watch the naturalphenomenon, namely the sun sets on the western horizon.

Aside from regular procession every day (sunset), thetourist destination management also organizes the annualTanah Lot Art Festival (TLF). During the recent TLF 2010,it was served a variety of arts such as Legong, Joged, puppetshadow, Okokan art et cetera. In fact, the Okokan art waswatched by myriad of tourists who accidentally came todelight in the sunset on that day.

The recent performance of Okokan art was staged byresidents of Panti Hamlet, Kediri Village, Tabanan Regency.The art troupe presented the sequel of Ramayana epicnamely on the Death of Subali, the younger brother of KingSugriwa. In the photograph, the two brothers seemed to be

Subali was ‘killed’ at Tanah Lotcarried and they were fighting because of misunderstandingamong them. Finally, Subali was killed at the end of thearrow belonging to Rama.

Okokan art in reality still develops in Kerambitan andKediri Village where both belong to Tabanan region.Uniquely, the musical accompaniment in use was woodenbell usually hanged or attached to the neck of a cow orbuffalo. When the cow moves, the wooden bell will soundkroncong-kroncong.

However, in this Okokan art the wooden bells weremade in larger size so that they would sound loudly andengendered rhythmic music hearing glodog-glodog.Meanwhile, other musical instruments consisted of drum,tawa-tawa, kempul et cetera. The art getting involvedmany gamelan players is indeed unique and very rare inBali. (BTN/Yan Beryas)B N

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WHIRLWIND TOUR AROUND BALI Bangli, the Only non-Coastal Regency on the IslandBangli, capital town of the re-

gional government of Bangli, whichis located precisely in the central partof Bali province, is the only one ofthe nine regencies in Bali that hasno coastal areas. The mountainousarea with its beautiful valleys andsteep slopes give this northern partof the region its unique side. MountAbang, the highest peak is about2.152 meters above sea level.

Kintamani, a worldwide re-nowned tourism resort is located inthis northern part. In the southernpart of this region, about 100 metersabove sea level stretches a broadplain of mostly rice fields. Its geo-graphic background shows its neigh-boring regions are the regional gov-ernment of Buleleng in the north,

Bangli Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Sriwijaya No. 23 Bangli 80613Ph. (0366) 91537

three old bronze manuscripts werehoused. The people around the vil-lage worship this temple. The cer-emony takes place on Rabu KliwonShinta where Ngusabha ceremonyis held once in every three-year pe-riod, which falls on PurnamaKelima around November.

This temple is located on thesouthern slope of Bangli hill, abouttwo kilometers from the town. It isreally an historical temple worth vis-iting. It has a long flight of stepspointing down to the south. It canbe reached by any mode of trans-port through a well kept shaftedroad, or a short walk from Banglicultural hall (Sasana BudayaBangli).

Klungkung and Karangasem in theeast, Gianyar and Klungkung in thesouth and Badung and Gianyar tothe west.

Kehen TemplePura Kehen is one of the most

ancient temples in Bali. It is here that

Penelokan Tourism ResortPenelokan (look-out point) is

situated on the southern part ofBatur Tengah Village, Kintamanidistrict, about 23 kms from theBangli town or 63 kms fromDenpasar, capital city of Bali prov-ince.

As well as its beautiful pan-oramic view, it also offers thebeauty of Lake Batur with its crys-tal-clear water. Mountainous areasserve as the backdrop, combinedwith the unique graveyard and theBarong Brutuk of Trunyan villagewhich cannot be found any whereelse in Bali. BTN

s consequence, theRegional Regulation No.3/2005 was adjusted to

the new one, namely No. 8/2010stipulated on April 1, 2010. Thereare rate adjustments of admissionfee to recreation park and rental ofsport center referring to Chapter V,Article 6 paragraph 1 namely aboutthe principles of determination oflevies are based on the purpose toget a decent profit and shored upby paragraph 2 stating a decentprofit will be obtained if thebusiness is conducted efficientlyand sold at market-oriented rates.

Levies of Recreation Park andSport Arena in Gianyar Rise

Regional levy is one of the sources for regionally generatedrevenue (PAD) being important to finance the regionaldevelopment. To that end, Regional Regulation (Perda) ofGianyar Regency No. 3/2005 concerning with admission andrental fees to recreation park and sport center needs to beadjusted with the enactment of Law No.28/2009 on RegionalTax and Levies.

Then, the provisions in ChapterVI concerning with the structureand magnitude of levy is affirmedin Article 7 of the RegionalRegulation No. 8/2010 governinglevies of recreation park and sportarena in Gianyar Regency as setforth below:

In the closing provision, inarticle 19 is stated that the Law No.8/2010 concerning with Levies ofRecreation Park and Sport Arenais declared valid since thestipulation of this decision namelyon April 1, 2010.

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Tourism Attractions in Badung Regency

Badung Government Tourism Office Address; Jl. Raya Kuta No. 2 Badung Ph. (0361) 756175Fax. (0361) 756176 http://www.badung.go.id

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There are many places of interest in Badung Regencysuch as: Dreamland, Tanjung Benoa, Deluang Sari TurtleFarm, Nusa Dua, Kuta, Bali Bomb Monument, Jimbaran,Legian, Seminyak, Petitenget Beach, Kedonganan, TanahWuuk, Pelaga/Petang, Sangeh Monkey Forest, Nung-NungWaterfall, Waka Tangga, Ayung River Rafting, UluwatuTemple, Petitenget Temple, Sadha Temple and Taman AyunTemple.

Nusa DuaIt means ‘two islands’ in Bahasa

Indonesia. This is one of the pre-mier resort areas in the world. Thearea is located 20 minutes south ofthe Ngurah Rai International Air-port, Denpasar and is a short driveto many of Bali’s attractions andbeautiful beaches. This is the homeof many of Bali’s world-classluxury resort hotels.

Jimbaran BeachThis area is just south of

Kedonganan beach and has a verybeautiful white sand beach area andclear seawater that is suitable for

recreation and relaxation. It is quieterthan its neighboring beaches and onewill find nice hotels and mostly sea-food served at Jimbaran’s restaurants.Jimbaran is in fact famous for its de-licious seafood, particularly its typi-cal grilled seafood with Jimbaran’s‘secret sauce’. You’ve got to taste itto believe it.

Legian, Seminyak, PetitengetBeach

These beautiful beaches are sev-eral kilometers north of Kuta. Like itsneighboring beaches, these offer arefuge for surfers. There are also manyfacilities for tourists as the result ofthe Kuta north expansion.Sangeh “Monkey Forest”

Sangeh is the village whose north-ern part covers about 14 hectares of aholy homogeny forest of ‘Pala’ treeswith hundreds of monkey inhabitants.The trees cannot be found on anyother part of Bali and their existencein this village remains a mystery. Lookfor a lovely mossy temple, which ishidden amongst the tall and gracious‘Pala’ trees.

Ayung River RaftingThe river Ayung is the longest and

largest river in Bali, and along thisriver, white water rafting was first in-troduced in Bali. To experience raft-

ing on the river Ayung’s west side isamazing, for besides the enjoymentof challenging rapids, the panoramaof this beautiful, intact nature area ishighlighted by the appearance of wildanimals along the rafting route suchas big bats, black monkeys, and more.

Uluwatu TempleAt the westernmost tip of Bukit

Peninsula, this is one of Bali’s nine‘directional’ Kayangan Jagat temples.The location is dramatic, perched onthe edge of a high cliff with a pictur-esque sunset view. The temple wasfirst used for worship by the 11th cen-tury holy priest, Empu Kuturan, whocame to Bali to bring religious lawand to form Desa Adat (traditional vil-lages). The area where spectacularsunsets can be viewed is filled withthe scent of frangipani blossoms andis also the home of friendly monkeys.

Petitenget TemplePeti Tenget temple and beach

is located at Banjar Batubelig,Kerobokan village kecamatanKuta. To reach this object by mo-tor vehicle from Denpasar, travelwestwards more or less 10 kmthen turn south, or to the northfrom Kuta following RayaSeminyak Street.

Peti Tenget temple was builtin the 15th century and it used tobe a plot of extraordinary holy(Tenget) land, bush growth anddwelled by the I Bhuta Ijo demonthat was trusted by Holy priest,Dang Hyang Nirartha to safe-guard his holy box. The story istold that when the priest stayedat south port (now Uluwatu), aman from Kerobokan villagecame asking the priest for help.He wished to cultivate the plotof land without feeling fear. Thepriest suggested that the peoplebuild a temple dedicated to god‘Labuhan Masceti’ and a singleclosed shrine (Pagedongan) forBhuta Ijo as a place to safeguardthe priest’s box (Peti). From thattime on, the temple was namedPeti Tenget Temple.

Sadha TempleThis temple, with decorative

carvings, is famous for its intricacyand ingenuity. Dating from theMajapahit period, this originallywas an old dynastic sanctuary(prasada) of Mengwi Royalty. The

split gate and a 16-meter hightower inside the temple are con-structed much like ‘Candi’ in Java.The 64 stone seats, similar to mega-lithic ancestral shrines, commemo-rate warriors who died in battle.

Taman Ayun Temple‘Taman Ayun’ means beautiful

garden, located in the village ofMengwi, 18 km west of Denpasar.It is indeed one of Bali’s most pic-

turesque temples. The king ofMengwi, I Gusti Agung Anom,built its stately proportioned court-yards and large surrounding moatin the year 1634. Containing boththe Royal family ancestral shrinesand the storied MERU shrines tothe major deities, Taman Ayun be-came the main temple for the an-cient kingdom of Mengwi.

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BADUNGThe Center of Tourism

he activitiescommenced on 24Junewith purification

ceremony (mecaru) at the hoteland hotel temple festival(pujawali) on 26 June 2010. Sportactivities include futsal amongstthe affiliated companies, namely

Bali Niksoma Boutique Beach Resort

Donating Blood And Releasing Baby Turtles To The SeaIn celebrating the 7th anniversary of Bali Niksoma Boutique

Beach Resort, Legian, Bali which falls on 10 September 2010there are some activities have been and being conducted.The activities include but not limited to sport activitiesamongst the employees and affiliated companies, celebrationof the hotel temple ceremony, social activities that focusingon charity for people underprivileged, blood donations andenvironmental friendly activities such as beach cleaning, raretree planting such as Badung tree, cendana (sandal wood)and majegau, and releasing baby turtles to the sea.

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businesspeople can now be dealtwith firmly. This is related to theenforcement of RegionalRegulation No. 1/2010 concerningwith on Travel Services Business(UJPW).

It was announced by ViceChairman of OrganizationalResearch and Development andHuman Resources of theAssociation of the Indonesia Toursand Travel Agencies (ASITA) ofBali Chapter, I Ketut Ardana,when opening the socialization ofthe Regional Regulation No. 1/2010 related to Travel BusinessService in Denpasar not long ago.

The socialization was followedby the members of ASITA, otherrelated tourism associations andagencies. On that occasion, threeresource persons were presentednamely the Head of BaliGovernment Tourism Office, BaliProvincial Legal Bureau and theIntegrated Licensing Office(KPPT) providing guidance basedon their respective field.

With the enactment of RegionalRegulation on the UJPW, Ardanacontinued, his party hoped thatBali could be cleaned from illegalbusiness practices, so the negativeimage of Bali due to illegalbusiness practices without ethicscould be restored. Right now, hesaid, travel agents (BPW)included in the ASITA Baliconsisted of 347 members of thebusiness, where 147 of them hadlicensed but did not become themember of ASITA and hundreds

Bali Niksoma, 5asec ProfessionalDry Cleaning and MozzarellaRestaurant, and badmintoninvolving employees of the resortand the affiliated companies.

On 28 August 2010 employeesof Bali Niksoma representing alldepartments conducted a cleaning blitz around Legian

village area and ended-up at the beach in frontof this beachfrontboutique resort. Theactivity was thenproceeded with a blooddonation programwhere employees ofBali Niksoma donatedtheir blood for thepeople in need throughthe Bali Red Crossorganization. Morethan 45 pockets ofblood are donated of350cc each.

Meanwhile, thebaby turtle release willbe done on Fridaymorning, 10September 2010 at the

of other businesses without a clearlicense.

Through the socialization ofUJPW regulation, ASITA memberswere expected to understand wellabout the matters of restrictionmentioned in the legislation. Afterthe enactment of the regulation, alltravel agents from other regions oroverseas running their business inBali should be subject to theprovisions of the UJPW regulation.“We also need to remind the travelagents that existence of theregulation will not only bringbeneficial prospect, but also manyobligations that should beimplemented by travel agents,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali

Government Tourism Office(Diparda) represented by DivisionHead of Tourism Business Control,Nyoman Andriani, explained thatbased on such regulation all travelagents (BPW) in Bali operatingwithout licenses were threatenedby fines amounting to IDR 50million or minimally IDR 30million with corporeal punishmentfor six months in jail .

He also explained, in theregulation, travel agents and touroperators were required to provideprotection to tourists, employ alicensed tour guide, provideoptimal service, and adhere tomoral values, ethics and culturalvalues available within theBalinese community. (BTN/015)

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beach in front of BaliNiksoma. There are 70 babyturtles to be released tocoincide with the 7thanniversary of this stylish andchic tropical beachfrontboutique resort.

“These activities arereflecting the implementationof Tri Hita Karana at BaliNiksoma; the three balancingsubstances that contribute tothe harmony relations in ourlife. They are the harmoniousrelation amongst mankind,between mankind and theenvironment and betweenmankind and the AlmightyGod”, explained by NyomanAstama, resident manager ofBali Niksoma.


September 3 - 23, 2010Your guide to this island

Tabanan is the name of one district and townin Bali. Though Tabanan is not really a touristtown there are still some interesting aspects toit. Back in 1906 the Balinese and Dutch werefighting over control of the island.

One of the more positive historical pointsof interest is the Subak Museum, located closeto the main bypass road. While the museumitself is nothing special, it documents one ofthe most important social/economic/cultural in-stitutions in Bali, the Subak. Dating back to600AD, Bali has been using a system of un-

Tabanan Regencymechanized rice cultivation and water manage-ment. Bali’s ability to produce an endless sup-ply of rice year round is central to its history.The Subak controls management of the water-courses, stretching all the way to the highlandlakes. A farmer cannot simply flood all his fieldsat the same time, or divert a main stream to ac-cess more water. The system is intricate and theSubak museum is the place where it’s officiallydocumented.

Yeh Gangga, Lalang Linggah and Balian tothe west are beach environments around thearea. Highlights of the area close to Tabananinclude Taman Kupu Kupu (Butterfly Park) inWanasari and Yeh Panas hot springs. Pura TanahLot is a 15-minute drive South from Tabanan.Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot, one of the most popular placesof interest in Bali, is located on the coast of WestBali, at the village of Beraban in the TabananRegency. It is also called Tanah Let, whichmeans ancient land, and also Tanah Lod, whichmean the land to the south. The temple PuraTanah Lot, simple in its construction, is dra-matic in its ocean-front location and is one ofthe main temples in the worship of Balinesegods.

Tanah Lot has a long history in the world oftourism. The temple itself is built on a smallpromontory, which is only accessible at low tide.During high water the rock takes on the ap-pearance of a large boat at sea, such is its shape.

Poisonous snakes live in the nearby caves to‘guard’ the temple and contribute to the temple’sdangerous reputation. Sunset is the best time tovisit Tanah lot, when the golden red skies framethe temple and waves crash into the rocks. It isadvisable to avoid the tourist crush here, as itcan be severe.

Tabanan Government Tourism, Art and Cultural OfficeAddress; Jl. Gunung Agung No. 1 TabananPh/Fax. (0361) 811602

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WHERE TO GO . . . Klungkung, the SmallestRegency on the Island

This is the smallest regency in Bali. Itcovers only 121 square kilometers and in-cludes three islands, Nusa Penida,Lembongan and Ceningan. Despite its size,its influence on Balinese culture has beenpowerful. It was here, in the shadow of theholy volcano Agung, that the princes andpriests of Majapahit gathered in 1343 tocontinue the kingdom by setting up‘Keraton’ in Samprangan, but within acouple of generations, they moved toGelgel and then to Klungkung, in 1710. Inthe 16th century the Gods smiled on Gelgelwhen Dalem Baturenggong reached an im-pressive political and cultural achievementto earn his ‘golden age’

Kertha Gosa, which is situated in thecentral town of Semarapura, was the placefor administration and traditional justice inthe pre-colonial times by a council consist-ing of the great king and his priests. Nextto the Kertha Gosa is Taman Gili, knownas a Floating House (Bale Kambang) whichwas the King’s Guard’s headquarters.These two buildings are decorated with

Kamasan Traditional Paintings. A colonialbuilding, located next to these two build-ings, is Semarajaya Museum, collectingsome handicraft of Klungkung, pre-historicand historic articles especially those usedin the period of Klungkung’s heroic battle.In the southern part of the museum area,there stands the main gate of SemarapuraPalace ‘Pemedal Agung’.

The newest sight in Semarapura Townis Patung Kandapat Sari, situated at themain junction of Semarapura town. Somepeople consider this statue as the landmarkof Klungkung Regency. Next to this land-mark stands an historical monument knownas Monument of Klungkung Heroic Battle.This monument is a cenotaph reminiscentof an event that once took place on April28, 1908. It is well known as ‘Puputan’, acounter-defence of The Great King ofKlungkung against the Dutch soldiers.Moving south of Semarapura town alongthe main road, one will arrive at the ‘underconstruction’ area of Tourism Villages, homeof traditional Painting, Kamasan Village andBali’s original capital, Gelgel.

TOURISM of KLUNGKUNG REGENCYKLUNGKUNG GOVERNMENT TOURISM OFFICEJl.Surapati No.3 Semarapura Bali, Indonesia

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Gianyar RegencyGianyar is 125 meters above sea level, has cool climate

and two seasons every year - rainy season from October toApril and dry season from May to September. Gianyar re-gency is rich in art and the greatest culture of the past whichis both ancient and sacred. It is also supported by the cre-ativity of the people. That is why many tourists are inter-ested to come and visit Gianyar and many stay for a coupleof weeks.

est is inhabited by hundreds ofmacaque monkeys who delight visi-tors with their antics. Being used tohumans, the monkeys will frolic witheach other and steal any food awayfrom you, so be careful! There is alovely grotto down below with anancient banyan tree as well the lo-cal temple called Pura Dalem.

Tirta EmpulKnown as a holy Geyser, the

water here is the original meaningof Tirta Empul. This place has 30different functions; for cleansing thebody, for removal of evil temptation,

for cleaning objects, for ceremoniesand rituals, etc. The weather hereis cool with light breezes.

Gunung KawiGunung Kawi means carving in

the mountain. It is the monumentof King Udayana and his son. Whenyou arrive at the area, located inTampaksiring, 40 kms fromDenpasar, you will see the ViharaBuddhist monastery dating back tothe ancient time (11th century).

Goa GajahLocated at Bedulu Village, 26

kms from Denpasar there is the ru-ins of Balinese palace complex,complete with a huge cave for her-mitage. The cave used to be a medi-tation site for Hindu and Buddhistmonks, dating back to the 11th cen-tury. The frightening demon headwas carved out of the cave’s rockface, while inside the cave a Godstatue with elephant head

‘Ganesha ’can be seenat west endand ‘TriL i n g g a ’statue at thecave’s eastend (thecave is ‘T’s h a p e d ) .Two bathingplaces atcave’s yardhave sixnymph stat-ues, eachholding a

Gianyar Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Ngurah Rai No. 9 Gianyar Ph.(0361) 943401 Fax. (0361) 943554website:www.diparda.gianyarkab.go.idwww.gianyartourism.com email:[email protected] ,[email protected]

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Places of interestBali Bird Park Singapadu

The Birds from Asia, Europe,Australia, Africa and other partsof the world can be found in BaliBird Park, Singapadu, Gianyar.

Wanara Wana ForestWanara Wana, more popularly

known as the monkey forest, isnestled between the villages ofNyuh Kuning and Padang Tegalin Ubud. This small monkey for-

water fountain on its umbilicus, asa symbol of the six holy rivers in In-dia.

Taro - Elephant SafarisTwo experiences in one! See the

wonderful Balinese Village of Tarofrom atop an elephant’s back. Tarois located in the village of

Tegallalang District in Gianyar re-gency.

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WHERE TO GO . . .

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08/23/1986 I was born on aSaturday and a fr iend whorecently traveled to Baliinformed me that this wassupposedly a bad day to beborn on since it containedpotentially bad spirits. Anyway,any information you could giveme would be greatlyappreciated. If there is a fee, letme know as well. Thank you!

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Dear Iliu,According to Balinesehoroscope, you were born onSaturday Ukir. Next issue of BaliTravel News, Ki Ngurah Irengwill answers your bad and goodspirit. Thank you.

Regards,Ki Ngurah Ireng

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ther high end resortsmanaged by Aston suchas The Taum Seminyak

and a luxury villa resort inLangkawi are currently in an earlystage of development and will sooncompliment the Aston groupsgrowing portfolio of highlyindividualized luxury hotels.

The Nusa Dua Retreat has been

The Nusa Dua Retreat will Open on OctoberAston International announced that the company is on

target to open Bali’s newest luxury boutique villa resort, TheNusa Dua Retreat, on Friday October 1st, 2010. The newproperty, which is its project phase, was referred to as theAston Nusa Dua Retreat will now open as the “Nusa DuaRetreat” and be one of the Aston groups none standardizedand highly individualized luxury properties following Aston’sintention of creating a platform that allows the group tohighlight individual hotels and enable different personalitiesto shine.

available for private viewings byselected tour operators sinceAugust this year and is currentlyundergoing a trial opening phasewelcoming amongst others thefamous Australian model JessicaGomez.

Situated in the charminghillside country of the BukitPeninsula above the world class

resort destination of Nusa Dua,The Nusa Dua Retreat, will affordstunning views over the IndianOcean and easy access to thenearby secluded Kutuh Beach.

Being a boutique villa resortwith the character of an eleganthide-away retreat the new propertyhas been kept small and willfeature 41 private pool villas ofwhich 23 offer roof top sundecksand 1 lavish three bedroomresidence. Resort facilities willinclude a full service destinationspa, a large infinity edge centerpool, a smart casual caféoverlooking the surrounding hillsidecountry and nearby Indian Ocean, aromantic semi fine dining restaurant,a pool lounge and bar and a state ofthe art gym and Yoga studio.

Norbert Vas, AstonInternational’s VP of Sales &Marketing said “Compared to ourother villa resorts in the main areasof Bali such as Seminyak, Sanur,Nusa Dua and Ubud this new resort

will be quite different and unique inthe sense that it is a truly remarkable“retreat” with a very appealing andsecluded location. Privacy is themain focus so residents will not onlybenefit from spacious villas with oversized pools and the charming hillsidelocation but also have access to oneof Bali’s most beautiful and pristinebeaches, luxury transportationservice to Nusa Dua and Kuta andcreative service concepts such asprivate butlers, personalizedexcursions and VIP airport meet andgreet assistance. We want to touchguests on an emotional level soservice will be the main point ofdifferentiation”.

With its strong record of successin managing more than 30 hotels andresorts throughout Indonesia and acommitment to preserving thedistinct identity of the Nusa DuaRetreat, Aston aims to attract wellseasoned and demanding vacationerswho above all value individuality andserenity. (BTN/R)

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Denpasar City Tour

It is one of the short tours in Bali,which takes around 4 - 5 hours. Thetour will bring you to the uniqueplaces like traditional market whereyou can see the local society performtheir activities in the market.

Places of Interest

Traditional MarketBadung Traditional Market lo-

cated in the main road, Gajah MadaStreet, is the center of the town’s eco-nomics. This area has become ashopping centre of Bali. This mar-ket cannot be discharged from theexisting market across Badung’s

Denpasar City Tour is a unique tour to visit Denpasar townwith all its local society activities. Some other places of in-terest are also visited on this tour like Kumbasari TraditionalMarket, Jagatnata Temple and Bali Museum.

river, called Kumbasari Market be-cause the local society will feel that theirshopping experience would be incom-plete without going there to theKumbasari Market, especially for theBalinese who want to buy their cer-emonial items.

Kumbasari Market sells costumeand clothing items at prices relativelycheaper than clothing items sold at theshops in Gajah Mada Street which aremostly owned by citizens of Chineseclan. Kumbasari Market was previ-ously called Peken Payuk (pot market);it sold such items as gerabah (jar likepot), cobek (clay plates), paso (claybuckets), caratan (clay water jug),jeding (clay barrel), penyantokan

(mixer from clay), coblong (clay cup),kekeb (rice cover) and others. All ofthese items are used as kitchenware andfor ceremony. Since this market wasmost popular as a place to sell payuk/pot, hence Kumbasari Market in thepast was referred to as Peken Payuk orpot market.

The location of DenpasarMarket is encircled by shops alongthe street of Gajah Mada. On theright side there is Sulawesi Streetwhich is famous for textiles.Denpasar Traditional Market isprogressively strengthening theidentity of Denpasar’s economiccenter which is open 24 hours andis never silent or empty of visitors.

At traditional market, you will findtransactions taking place between buy-ers and merchants with multifariousmerchandise to satisfy life’s daily needssuch as kitchen supplies, appliances re-

quired for Hindu ritual,fruits and traditionalclothes. In this market, youwill see the local people,especially the women whocarry extremely heavyitems in a big basket bal-anced on their heads.

Jagatnata TempleJagatnata Temple is the

biggest Hindu temple inDenpasar town, whichmany Hindu people inDenpasar visit to pray, par-ticularly on full moon andnew moon. This temple isfull of religious and artis-tic ornaments. In the cen-ter of temple area, there isa high temple building en-circled by the fertile tropi-cal garden. From the en-trance gate to the templebuilding you will find the Balinesedecorations full of meaning to Hindudevotees.

Bali MuseumBali Museum is located right next

door to Jaganata Temple and in this mu-seum you will find a lot of the ancientartifacts of prehistory which have veryhigh artistic value. The collection in thismuseum provides a different experi-ence on your tour. If the museum is notopened on the day of your tour, we willoffer the alternative to visit Bali ArtCenter to see the biggest open theaterin Denpasar town.

Denpasar Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Surapati No. 7 DenpasarPh. (0361) 234569, 223602, 231422 Fax. (0361) 223602 http://pariwisata.denpasarkota.go.id

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Bali Struggle Monument-BajraSandhi

This monument is erected in themiddle of Denpasar civic center,Renon. It is a symbol of Balipeople’s struggle to gain indepen-dence after the Dutch Colonials re-treated from this country. Thismonument immortalizes the souland spirit of Bali people’s struggle.It also aims to take care of and de-velop and preserve the Balineseculture for future generations.

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WHERE TO GO . . .

DENPASARIn the City

ARR, DEP, TRS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS 2006

Month ARR. DEP. TRS.January 90.010 90.043 1.381February 78.824 87.314 885March 92.280 95.400 780April 106.896 95.890 598May 113.648 114.821 7.016June 125.603 122.569 8.120July 142.923 132.823 9.381August 139.584 148.067 7.675September 138.604 132.929 3.252October 135.403 135.740 328November 127.596 122.562 1.816December 135.734 118.286 2.842TOTAL 1.427.110 1.396.444 44.074

ARR, DEP, TRS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS 2007Month ARR. DEP. TRS.January 125.562 132.024 1.472February 124.829 120.775 1.348March 135.551 136.722 1.382April 140.406 135.710 1.402May 144.415 146.533 1.143June 160.599 158.621 1.716July 179.051 173.622 1.459August 164.300 171.986 3.292September 167.856 163.352 2.541October 158.037 162.547 2.700November 146.658 154.702 1.911December 155.848 140.888 6.277TOTAL 1.803.112 1.797.482 26.643

SOURCE: PT. ANGKASA PURA I BANDAR UDARA NGURAH RAI

ARR, DEP, TRS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS 2008Month ARR. DEP. TRS.January 150.614 162.363 2.658February 157.300 163.701 2.646March 163.980 163.573 1.198April 153.961 154.579 4.131May 166.693 173.711 0June 181.911 175.923 3.350July 196.165 189.087 4.440August 200.485 213.028 3.329September 192.442 191.865 2.943October 196.065 204.001 2.710November 151.660 165.471 3.276December 183.204 151.526 5.521TOTAL 2.094.480 2.108.828 33.202





1. Barong:- Suwung : Everyday 09.30 - 10.30- Kesiman : Everyday 09.30 - 10.30- Batubulan Village : Everyday 09.30 - 10.30- Br. Abasan Singapadu : Everyday 09.30 - 10.30- Padanggalak : 09.30

2. Kecak Dance:- Uluwatu Temple : Everyday 18.00 - 19.00- Padang Tegal Ubud : Every Sunday 18.00 - 19.00- Desa Baha : On Request

3. Kecak & Fire Dance:- Bona Kangin Gianyar : Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday 18.30 - 19.30- Batubulan : Everyday 18.30 - 20.00

4. Legong Dance:- Peliatan Stage Peliatan : Every Friday 18.30 - 19.30- Puri Dalem Puri Peliatan : Every Saturday 18.30 - 19.30- Puri Peliatan, Ubud : Every Sunday 19.30 - 21.00- Puri Saren, Ubud : Every Sunday 19.30 - 21.00

5. Shadow Puppet Show (Wayang Kulit):- Oka Kartini Tebesaya Peliatan : Every Friday 18.30 - 19.30

6. Tektekan Dance (Puri Night: Dance and Traditional Dinner):- Puri Anyar Kerambitan Tabanan : On Request

7. Leko & Janger Dance:- Puri Anyar Kerambitan Tabanan : On Request

8. Bimayu Dance Drama:- Panca Arta, Ubud : Every Thursday 20.00

9. Gabor Dance:- Ubud Kelod, Ubud : Every Thursday 19.30 - 20.30

10. Mahabrata The Epic:- Br. Teges, Peliatan : Every Thursday 19.30 - 20.00

11. Raja Pala Dance:- Ubud Kelod Ubud : Every Thursday 19.30 - 20.30

12. Calonarang Dance:- Hotel Menara Ubud : Every Friday 20.00

13. Ramayana:- Ubud Kelod, Ubud : Every Wednesday 19.30 - 21.00

14. Frog Dance:- Penjor Restaurant Sanur : Every Sunday 19.00

15.Parwa Ramayana:- Hotel Menara, Ubud : Every Tuesday, Wednesday 20.00

16.Joged Dance:- Penjor Restaurant Sanur : Every Wednesday 20.15

17.Janger Dance:- Penjor Restauran Sanur : Every Friday 20.15

18. Janger Dance:- Penjor Resturant : Every Saturday 20.15

19. Genjekan:- Sangeh Village : On Request

20. Debus and Reptile Demonstration:- Br. Werdhi Buana Mengwi : On Request

Australian Consulates General Bali (Incl. Canada, New Zaeland),Jl Tantular 32 Renon - DenpasarPh. (0361) - 241118, Fax. (0361) 241120

Royal Danish & Norwegian Honorary, Mimpi Resort Hotel Jimbaran,Ph. 0361 - 701 070 ext. 32, Fax. 0361 - 701 073/4

Honorary Consulate of The Czech Republic,Jl. Pengembak 17 Sanur, Denpasar Ph. 0361 - 286 465, Fax. 0361 - 286 408

Consulate Agency France, Jl. Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Denpasar,Ph. 0361 - 285 485, Fax. 0361 - 286 406

Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Federal Republic of Germany,Jl. Pantai Karang 17 Sanur, Po. Box 3100 Denpasar 80228’Ph. 0361 - 288 535, Fax. 0361 - 288 826

Honorary Consulate of The Republic of Hungary,Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 219 Sanur, Ph. 0361 - 287 701, Fax. 0361 - 735 232

Consulate Italy, Lotus Enterprise Building,Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, Ph/Fax. 0361 - 701 005

Honorary Consulate of Mexico, Puri Astina Putra Building,Jl. Moh Yamin 1 A Renon -Denpasar Po Box 3150 DenpasarPh. 0361 - 223 266, Fax. 0361 - 244 568

Honorary Consulate of The Netherland,Jl. Raya Kuta 127 Kuta 80361, Po Box 3337 Denpasar 81001, Ph. 0361 - 761506,Fax. 0361 - 752 777 / 757 586

Honorary Consulate of Spain, Komplek Istana Kuta Galeria Blok Vallet 2 No. 11,Jl. Patih Jelantik, Kuta Bali, Ph. 0361 - 769 286, Fax. 0361 - 222426

Consulate Agency of USA,Jl. Hayam Wuruk310 Denpasar 80235, Ph. 0361 - 233 605, Fax. 0361 - 769 186

Consulate General of Japan at Denpasar,Jl. Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon Po Box 3432 DenpasarPh. 0361 - 227 628, Fax. 0361 - 265 066, e-mail : [email protected]

British Honorary Consulate,Jl. Tirta Nadi No 20 Sanur, Ph. 0361 - 270 601, Fax. 0361 - 287 804

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJl. Patih Jelantik Kompleks Istana Kuta Galeria Blok Valet 2 No. 12 Kuta,Ph. 0361 - 751 735, Fax. 0361 - 754 457

Honorary Consulate BrazilJl. Legian 186, Badung, Ph. 0361 - 757 775, Fax. 0361 - 751 005

Honorary Consulate ThailandJl. Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Ph. 0361 - 263 310, Fax. 0361 - 238 004

Indian Cultural Centre (Embassy of India, Jakarta)Jl. Raya Puputan Renon No. 42 - 44 Denpasar - BaliPh. 0361 - 241 978, Fax. 0361 - 241 980

Honorary Consulate of Sweden & Finland,C/O Hotel Segara Village, Jl. Segara Ayu Sanur,Ph. 0361 - 282 223, Fax. 0361 - 282 211

Honorary Consul of MalaysiaJl. Pantai Kuta, Legian, Ph. 0361 - 752 520, Fax. 0361 - 766 373

Honorary Consul of ChileJl. Pengembak Gang I No. 3 Sanur - BaliPh. (0361) 756781/281503, Facs. (0361) 756783, Hp. 081 139 4045

Honorary Consul of The Slovak RepublicJl. Gunung Agung No. 93 Denpasar - 80118Ph. (0361) 426171, Fax. : (0361) 426477, e-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consule of Republic of PolandJl. Petitenget II/1C, Kerobokan 80361 Kuta BaliPh. 082 361 4329, Fax. : 0361 732165

Consulates in Bali


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The Top Six Arrival by Nationality (JUNY 2010)

AREA SEA WAVESKuta 0.3 - 2.0 metersNusa Dua 0.5 - 2.0 metersSuluban (Uluwatu) 0.8 - 2.5 metersPadang Bai 0.3 - 2.0 metersMenjangan Island 0.3 - 1.3 metersLovina 0.3 - 1.3 metersTulamben 0.5 - 1.5 meters

SEA WAVES FORECAST(September 3 - 10, 2010)

Issued by Weather Forecast Centre, Department of Communication, Meteorological andGeophysical Agency Regional Office III

SOURCE : DEP. OF JUSTICE, BALI

DIRECT ARRIVAL TOURISTS TO BALI (2006 - 2010)

Calendar of Event Vol. XII/ 19 (Sept. 3 - 23, 2010)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Most major countries, either bank notesor traveler’s checks are easily converted intorupiah (Indonesian currency) Bank andMoney Changers can easily be found in thelargest towns in Bali, but it is advisable tocarry sufficient rupiah (RP) when traveling tothe less popular areas of Bali.

Almost all hotels and other bisiness willaccept foreign currency, but usually at lowerrate of exchange than offered by Bank’sMoney Changers. For your convinience abank is located at the Ngurah RaiInternational Airport.

TELEPHONE SERVICE

Bali is linked via satellite to all majorcountries of the world. International calls canbe made (via the operator or IDD-007) fromany private / business or hotel telephone.

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Fire: 113; Police: 110; Ambulance: 118;Indonesian Red Cross: 225-465; Rescue Co-ordination Office: 751111; Directory Enquiries108; International Operator: 101;Telemarketing Service Information: 162; PostService Information: 161; Time: 103;Immigration Officer: 227828, 7510388; PublicHospital 227-911.

AIRLINES

Garuda Indonesia, Jl. Sugianyar No. 5Denpasar, Email : [email protected], Sanur Beach Hotel 2nd FloorPh:0361 287915, Nusa Dua Service center,Ph : 0361 770747, Fx : 0361 770174, Do-mestic Terminal Ph/Fx ; 0361 759764; ThaiAirways International, Inna Grand BaliBeach 1st Floor Ph: 0361 288141, Fx: 0361288063, Email [email protected], In-ternational Airport Ngurah Rai 2nd Floor In-ternational Departure Hall Ph: 0361 755064,Fx: 0361 755063 ; Qantas Airways, InnaGrand Bali Beach Hotel Arcade Ph: 288331,Fx: 0361 287331; Singapore Airlines 2nd

Floor GOI Building International Airport, Ph:0361 768388, Fx: 0361 768383, Email:[email protected], GroundFloor Ngurah Rai Internasional PassengerTerminal, Ph : 0361 761547, Fx : 0361754190; Qatar Airways, Discovery KartikaPlaza Hotel, Ph : 0361752222, Fx : 0361753788 Wisti Sabha Building Ngurah Rai In-ternational Airport Room 12, 2nd Ph : 0361760274, Fx : 0361 760275, Email:[email protected] Japan Air-lines, Gedung Rama Tour, Jl Raya Kuta-Tu-ban PH : 0361 764733, 757077, FX : 0361757082, Email : [email protected]; CathayPacific, 2nd Floor Wisthi Sabha BuildingNgurah Rai International Airport, Phone :08041888888,Fax : 62 361 766935,www.cathaypacific.com, Telephone (callcenter) : 0804 1 888888,Email address :dps#[email protected]; China Air-lines, Wisti Sabha Building 2nd Floor Room19 Ngurah Rai Airport, Ph : 0361 754856/757298, Fx : 0361 757275

TOURIST INFORMATION

The Department of Tourism (Bali) has sixInformation Centres where booklets and bro-chures can be obtained free of charge. Ad-dresses: Ngurah Rai International Airport,Tuban, Phone: (0361) 751011; Bina WisataUbud, next to the village head’s in Ubud;Government Tourist Information Centre, Jl.Raya Kuta No. 2, Kuta - Badung, Kuta;Government Tourist Office, Jl. S. Parman NitiMandala, Denpasar, Phone (0361) 222387,Buleleng Government Tourist Office, Jl.Veteran 23, Singaraja, Phone: (0361) 25141.

IMMIGRATION

Visitors coming to Bali by air from outsideIndonesia must be in possesion of passportthat is valid for at least 6 mounts and havewith them upon arrivel either a return oronward ticket. Visitor’s requirement to payVoA (Visa on Arrival) to the Bank, Ten dollarsfor seven days and twenty-five for thirty days.If you deny the agreement you must pay afine of twenty-dollars. For more informationplease contact immigration office (0361)764993.

TIPS FOR TAKING TAXIS IN BALI

1. It is always best to order a taxi by phoneespecially at night.

2. If you hail a taxi on the street, be surethat the name of the taxi company isclearly marked on it.

3. Insist on using the meter. Don’t fall fordriver who bargains or claims that hismeter is broken.

4. In the taxi, note the taxi’s number and thedriver’s ID. This may be handy if you wantto register a complaint or trace belongingsleft behind.

5. In places such as Ubud, Sanur, and Kutathere are many people who offer youtransportation services. If you must takeany of their services, make sure youestablish the price up front.

6. There are licenced taxis at Bali’s Airport.Avoid taking services from “brokers” whooffer you transportation.

4h – “Tumpek Wayang”, day devoted to “Sanghyang Iswara”,the lord of puppeteers, when blessing ceremony is given toshadow – puppet play sets for proper function and magicalpower.Temple Festival at:- Pr.aspahit, Jembrana.- Pr. Panti Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Sesetan, Badung.- Pedharman Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan, Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Sukawati, Besakih.- Pedharman Kaba-Kaba, Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Bakas, Besakih.- Pr. Pedharman Mengwi, Besakih.- Pr. Penataran Giri Purwa, Ds. Kutarejo, Tegal Dalimo,

Banyuwangi.5th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Maospahit, Ds. Gerenceng Denpasar.8th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Ulun Kulkul, Besakih.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Bongkasa,

abiansemal.- Pr. Gaduhan Jagat, Ds. Singakerta, Ubud.- Pr. Masceti Tengah, Ds. Mancawarna, Tampaksiring.- Pr. Penataran Batulepang, Ds. Kamasan, Klungkung.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Songan, Batur, Kintamani.- Pr. Penataran Dalem Peed, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Jati, Ubud.- Pr. Gua, Besakih.10th _ Temple Festival at:- Merajan Geriya Kebon – Tabanan.- Pr. Candi Gora, Ds. Tianyar, Karangasem.14th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Puseh Jagat Dalem Dukut, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Batuyang, Batubulan.- Pr. Desa + Pura Pucak, Br. Taman Bedulu, Gianyar.- Pr. Telaga Sakti/Dalem Tarukan, Ds. Ambengan, Nusa

Penida.15th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Agung Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Sibang Kaja, abiansemal.- Pr. Dalem Samprangan, Gianyar.- Pr. Ds. Galiran, Bhakti Seraga, Buleleng.

Distance between Tourist Interet(Kilometer)

Bangli

20 Besakih

52 50 Candidasa

47 70 72 Denpasar

16 39 41 31 Gianyar

181 201 206 134 165 Gilimanuk

22 46 48 21 7 155 Goa Gajah

36 43 15 57 26 191 33 Goa Lawah

36 59 63 35 20 169 14 46 Gunung Kawi

41 38 13 85 54 219 61 28 74 Amlapura

26 23 27 47 16 181 23 10 36 38 Klungkung

57 80 82 10 41 144 31 67 45 95 57 Kuta

20 38 71 67 40 135 34 56 20 50 46 71 Lake Batur

59 82 84 12 43 146 33 69 47 97 59 2 79 Legian

86 106 139 89 102 79 100 125 88 97 112 99 66 101 Lovina

60 82 85 13 44 147 34 70 48 98 60 3 80 5 102 Ngurah Rai Airport

71 94 96 24 55 158 45 81 59 109 71 14 91 16 113 11 Nusa Dua

40 67 65 7 29 141 46 50 42 78 40 15 60 17 96 14 25 Sanur

79 97 110 78 99 90 93 119 79 97 105 88 59 90 11 91 110 85 Singaraja

80 103 105 33 64 124 54 90 68 118 80 43 100 45 89 46 57 40 78 Tanah Lot

29 52 54 23 13 157 6 39 20 67 29 33 40 35 106 36 47 30 95 56 Ubud

78 101 103 31 62 165 52 98 66 166 78 21 96 23 120 18 21 46 109 63 52 Uluwatu


September 3 - 23, 2010Your guide to this island

Tabanan is the name of one district and townin Bali. Though Tabanan is not really a touristtown there are still some interesting aspects toit. Back in 1906 the Balinese and Dutch werefighting over control of the island.

One of the more positive historical pointsof interest is the Subak Museum, located closeto the main bypass road. While the museumitself is nothing special, it documents one ofthe most important social/economic/cultural in-stitutions in Bali, the Subak. Dating back to600AD, Bali has been using a system of un-

Tabanan Regencymechanized rice cultivation and water manage-ment. Bali’s ability to produce an endless sup-ply of rice year round is central to its history.The Subak controls management of the water-courses, stretching all the way to the highlandlakes. A farmer cannot simply flood all his fieldsat the same time, or divert a main stream to ac-cess more water. The system is intricate and theSubak museum is the place where it’s officiallydocumented.

Yeh Gangga, Lalang Linggah and Balian tothe west are beach environments around thearea. Highlights of the area close to Tabananinclude Taman Kupu Kupu (Butterfly Park) inWanasari and Yeh Panas hot springs. Pura TanahLot is a 15-minute drive South from Tabanan.Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot, one of the most popular placesof interest in Bali, is located on the coast of WestBali, at the village of Beraban in the TabananRegency. It is also called Tanah Let, whichmeans ancient land, and also Tanah Lod, whichmean the land to the south. The temple PuraTanah Lot, simple in its construction, is dra-matic in its ocean-front location and is one ofthe main temples in the worship of Balinesegods.

Tanah Lot has a long history in the world oftourism. The temple itself is built on a smallpromontory, which is only accessible at low tide.During high water the rock takes on the ap-pearance of a large boat at sea, such is its shape.

Poisonous snakes live in the nearby caves to‘guard’ the temple and contribute to the temple’sdangerous reputation. Sunset is the best time tovisit Tanah lot, when the golden red skies framethe temple and waves crash into the rocks. It isadvisable to avoid the tourist crush here, as itcan be severe.

Tabanan Government Tourism, Art and Cultural OfficeAddress; Jl. Gunung Agung No. 1 TabananPh/Fax. (0361) 811602

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WHERE TO GO . . . Klungkung, the SmallestRegency on the Island

This is the smallest regency in Bali. Itcovers only 121 square kilometers and in-cludes three islands, Nusa Penida,Lembongan and Ceningan. Despite its size,its influence on Balinese culture has beenpowerful. It was here, in the shadow of theholy volcano Agung, that the princes andpriests of Majapahit gathered in 1343 tocontinue the kingdom by setting up‘Keraton’ in Samprangan, but within acouple of generations, they moved toGelgel and then to Klungkung, in 1710. Inthe 16th century the Gods smiled on Gelgelwhen Dalem Baturenggong reached an im-pressive political and cultural achievementto earn his ‘golden age’

Kertha Gosa, which is situated in thecentral town of Semarapura, was the placefor administration and traditional justice inthe pre-colonial times by a council consist-ing of the great king and his priests. Nextto the Kertha Gosa is Taman Gili, knownas a Floating House (Bale Kambang) whichwas the King’s Guard’s headquarters.These two buildings are decorated with

Kamasan Traditional Paintings. A colonialbuilding, located next to these two build-ings, is Semarajaya Museum, collectingsome handicraft of Klungkung, pre-historicand historic articles especially those usedin the period of Klungkung’s heroic battle.In the southern part of the museum area,there stands the main gate of SemarapuraPalace ‘Pemedal Agung’.

The newest sight in Semarapura Townis Patung Kandapat Sari, situated at themain junction of Semarapura town. Somepeople consider this statue as the landmarkof Klungkung Regency. Next to this land-mark stands an historical monument knownas Monument of Klungkung Heroic Battle.This monument is a cenotaph reminiscentof an event that once took place on April28, 1908. It is well known as ‘Puputan’, acounter-defence of The Great King ofKlungkung against the Dutch soldiers.Moving south of Semarapura town alongthe main road, one will arrive at the ‘underconstruction’ area of Tourism Villages, homeof traditional Painting, Kamasan Village andBali’s original capital, Gelgel.

TOURISM of KLUNGKUNG REGENCYKLUNGKUNG GOVERNMENT TOURISM OFFICEJl.Surapati No.3 Semarapura Bali, Indonesia

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WHERE TO GO . . .

Gianyar RegencyGianyar is 125 meters above sea level, has cool climate

and two seasons every year - rainy season from October toApril and dry season from May to September. Gianyar re-gency is rich in art and the greatest culture of the past whichis both ancient and sacred. It is also supported by the cre-ativity of the people. That is why many tourists are inter-ested to come and visit Gianyar and many stay for a coupleof weeks.

est is inhabited by hundreds ofmacaque monkeys who delight visi-tors with their antics. Being used tohumans, the monkeys will frolic witheach other and steal any food awayfrom you, so be careful! There is alovely grotto down below with anancient banyan tree as well the lo-cal temple called Pura Dalem.

Tirta EmpulKnown as a holy Geyser, the

water here is the original meaningof Tirta Empul. This place has 30different functions; for cleansing thebody, for removal of evil temptation,

for cleaning objects, for ceremoniesand rituals, etc. The weather hereis cool with light breezes.

Gunung KawiGunung Kawi means carving in

the mountain. It is the monumentof King Udayana and his son. Whenyou arrive at the area, located inTampaksiring, 40 kms fromDenpasar, you will see the ViharaBuddhist monastery dating back tothe ancient time (11th century).

Goa GajahLocated at Bedulu Village, 26

kms from Denpasar there is the ru-ins of Balinese palace complex,complete with a huge cave for her-mitage. The cave used to be a medi-tation site for Hindu and Buddhistmonks, dating back to the 11th cen-tury. The frightening demon headwas carved out of the cave’s rockface, while inside the cave a Godstatue with elephant head

‘Ganesha ’can be seenat west endand ‘TriL i n g g a ’statue at thecave’s eastend (thecave is ‘T’s h a p e d ) .Two bathingplaces atcave’s yardhave sixnymph stat-ues, eachholding a

Gianyar Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Ngurah Rai No. 9 Gianyar Ph.(0361) 943401 Fax. (0361) 943554website:www.diparda.gianyarkab.go.idwww.gianyartourism.com email:[email protected] ,[email protected]

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GIANYARThe Center of Art

Places of interestBali Bird Park Singapadu

The Birds from Asia, Europe,Australia, Africa and other partsof the world can be found in BaliBird Park, Singapadu, Gianyar.

Wanara Wana ForestWanara Wana, more popularly

known as the monkey forest, isnestled between the villages ofNyuh Kuning and Padang Tegalin Ubud. This small monkey for-

water fountain on its umbilicus, asa symbol of the six holy rivers in In-dia.

Taro - Elephant SafarisTwo experiences in one! See the

wonderful Balinese Village of Tarofrom atop an elephant’s back. Tarois located in the village of

Tegallalang District in Gianyar re-gency.

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WHERE TO GO . . .

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08/23/1986 I was born on aSaturday and a fr iend whorecently traveled to Baliinformed me that this wassupposedly a bad day to beborn on since it containedpotentially bad spirits. Anyway,any information you could giveme would be greatlyappreciated. If there is a fee, letme know as well. Thank you!

Best Regards,Iliu from Miami

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Dear Iliu,According to Balinesehoroscope, you were born onSaturday Ukir. Next issue of BaliTravel News, Ki Ngurah Irengwill answers your bad and goodspirit. Thank you.

Regards,Ki Ngurah Ireng

Balinese Horoscope

ther high end resortsmanaged by Aston suchas The Taum Seminyak

and a luxury villa resort inLangkawi are currently in an earlystage of development and will sooncompliment the Aston groupsgrowing portfolio of highlyindividualized luxury hotels.

The Nusa Dua Retreat has been

The Nusa Dua Retreat will Open on OctoberAston International announced that the company is on

target to open Bali’s newest luxury boutique villa resort, TheNusa Dua Retreat, on Friday October 1st, 2010. The newproperty, which is its project phase, was referred to as theAston Nusa Dua Retreat will now open as the “Nusa DuaRetreat” and be one of the Aston groups none standardizedand highly individualized luxury properties following Aston’sintention of creating a platform that allows the group tohighlight individual hotels and enable different personalitiesto shine.

available for private viewings byselected tour operators sinceAugust this year and is currentlyundergoing a trial opening phasewelcoming amongst others thefamous Australian model JessicaGomez.

Situated in the charminghillside country of the BukitPeninsula above the world class

resort destination of Nusa Dua,The Nusa Dua Retreat, will affordstunning views over the IndianOcean and easy access to thenearby secluded Kutuh Beach.

Being a boutique villa resortwith the character of an eleganthide-away retreat the new propertyhas been kept small and willfeature 41 private pool villas ofwhich 23 offer roof top sundecksand 1 lavish three bedroomresidence. Resort facilities willinclude a full service destinationspa, a large infinity edge centerpool, a smart casual caféoverlooking the surrounding hillsidecountry and nearby Indian Ocean, aromantic semi fine dining restaurant,a pool lounge and bar and a state ofthe art gym and Yoga studio.

Norbert Vas, AstonInternational’s VP of Sales &Marketing said “Compared to ourother villa resorts in the main areasof Bali such as Seminyak, Sanur,Nusa Dua and Ubud this new resort

will be quite different and unique inthe sense that it is a truly remarkable“retreat” with a very appealing andsecluded location. Privacy is themain focus so residents will not onlybenefit from spacious villas with oversized pools and the charming hillsidelocation but also have access to oneof Bali’s most beautiful and pristinebeaches, luxury transportationservice to Nusa Dua and Kuta andcreative service concepts such asprivate butlers, personalizedexcursions and VIP airport meet andgreet assistance. We want to touchguests on an emotional level soservice will be the main point ofdifferentiation”.

With its strong record of successin managing more than 30 hotels andresorts throughout Indonesia and acommitment to preserving thedistinct identity of the Nusa DuaRetreat, Aston aims to attract wellseasoned and demanding vacationerswho above all value individuality andserenity. (BTN/R)

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Denpasar City Tour

It is one of the short tours in Bali,which takes around 4 - 5 hours. Thetour will bring you to the uniqueplaces like traditional market whereyou can see the local society performtheir activities in the market.

Places of Interest

Traditional MarketBadung Traditional Market lo-

cated in the main road, Gajah MadaStreet, is the center of the town’s eco-nomics. This area has become ashopping centre of Bali. This mar-ket cannot be discharged from theexisting market across Badung’s

Denpasar City Tour is a unique tour to visit Denpasar townwith all its local society activities. Some other places of in-terest are also visited on this tour like Kumbasari TraditionalMarket, Jagatnata Temple and Bali Museum.

river, called Kumbasari Market be-cause the local society will feel that theirshopping experience would be incom-plete without going there to theKumbasari Market, especially for theBalinese who want to buy their cer-emonial items.

Kumbasari Market sells costumeand clothing items at prices relativelycheaper than clothing items sold at theshops in Gajah Mada Street which aremostly owned by citizens of Chineseclan. Kumbasari Market was previ-ously called Peken Payuk (pot market);it sold such items as gerabah (jar likepot), cobek (clay plates), paso (claybuckets), caratan (clay water jug),jeding (clay barrel), penyantokan

(mixer from clay), coblong (clay cup),kekeb (rice cover) and others. All ofthese items are used as kitchenware andfor ceremony. Since this market wasmost popular as a place to sell payuk/pot, hence Kumbasari Market in thepast was referred to as Peken Payuk orpot market.

The location of DenpasarMarket is encircled by shops alongthe street of Gajah Mada. On theright side there is Sulawesi Streetwhich is famous for textiles.Denpasar Traditional Market isprogressively strengthening theidentity of Denpasar’s economiccenter which is open 24 hours andis never silent or empty of visitors.

At traditional market, you will findtransactions taking place between buy-ers and merchants with multifariousmerchandise to satisfy life’s daily needssuch as kitchen supplies, appliances re-

quired for Hindu ritual,fruits and traditionalclothes. In this market, youwill see the local people,especially the women whocarry extremely heavyitems in a big basket bal-anced on their heads.

Jagatnata TempleJagatnata Temple is the

biggest Hindu temple inDenpasar town, whichmany Hindu people inDenpasar visit to pray, par-ticularly on full moon andnew moon. This temple isfull of religious and artis-tic ornaments. In the cen-ter of temple area, there isa high temple building en-circled by the fertile tropi-cal garden. From the en-trance gate to the templebuilding you will find the Balinesedecorations full of meaning to Hindudevotees.

Bali MuseumBali Museum is located right next

door to Jaganata Temple and in this mu-seum you will find a lot of the ancientartifacts of prehistory which have veryhigh artistic value. The collection in thismuseum provides a different experi-ence on your tour. If the museum is notopened on the day of your tour, we willoffer the alternative to visit Bali ArtCenter to see the biggest open theaterin Denpasar town.

Denpasar Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Surapati No. 7 DenpasarPh. (0361) 234569, 223602, 231422 Fax. (0361) 223602 http://pariwisata.denpasarkota.go.id

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Bali Struggle Monument-BajraSandhi

This monument is erected in themiddle of Denpasar civic center,Renon. It is a symbol of Balipeople’s struggle to gain indepen-dence after the Dutch Colonials re-treated from this country. Thismonument immortalizes the souland spirit of Bali people’s struggle.It also aims to take care of and de-velop and preserve the Balineseculture for future generations.

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WHERE TO GO . . .

DENPASARIn the City


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WHIRLWIND TOUR AROUND BALI Bangli, the Only non-Coastal Regency on the IslandBangli, capital town of the re-

gional government of Bangli, whichis located precisely in the central partof Bali province, is the only one ofthe nine regencies in Bali that hasno coastal areas. The mountainousarea with its beautiful valleys andsteep slopes give this northern partof the region its unique side. MountAbang, the highest peak is about2.152 meters above sea level.

Kintamani, a worldwide re-nowned tourism resort is located inthis northern part. In the southernpart of this region, about 100 metersabove sea level stretches a broadplain of mostly rice fields. Its geo-graphic background shows its neigh-boring regions are the regional gov-ernment of Buleleng in the north,

Bangli Government Tourism OfficeAddress; Jl. Sriwijaya No. 23 Bangli 80613Ph. (0366) 91537

three old bronze manuscripts werehoused. The people around the vil-lage worship this temple. The cer-emony takes place on Rabu KliwonShinta where Ngusabha ceremonyis held once in every three-year pe-riod, which falls on PurnamaKelima around November.

This temple is located on thesouthern slope of Bangli hill, abouttwo kilometers from the town. It isreally an historical temple worth vis-iting. It has a long flight of stepspointing down to the south. It canbe reached by any mode of trans-port through a well kept shaftedroad, or a short walk from Banglicultural hall (Sasana BudayaBangli).

Klungkung and Karangasem in theeast, Gianyar and Klungkung in thesouth and Badung and Gianyar tothe west.

Kehen TemplePura Kehen is one of the most

ancient temples in Bali. It is here that

Penelokan Tourism ResortPenelokan (look-out point) is

situated on the southern part ofBatur Tengah Village, Kintamanidistrict, about 23 kms from theBangli town or 63 kms fromDenpasar, capital city of Bali prov-ince.

As well as its beautiful pan-oramic view, it also offers thebeauty of Lake Batur with its crys-tal-clear water. Mountainous areasserve as the backdrop, combinedwith the unique graveyard and theBarong Brutuk of Trunyan villagewhich cannot be found any whereelse in Bali. BTN

s consequence, theRegional Regulation No.3/2005 was adjusted to

the new one, namely No. 8/2010stipulated on April 1, 2010. Thereare rate adjustments of admissionfee to recreation park and rental ofsport center referring to Chapter V,Article 6 paragraph 1 namely aboutthe principles of determination oflevies are based on the purpose toget a decent profit and shored upby paragraph 2 stating a decentprofit will be obtained if thebusiness is conducted efficientlyand sold at market-oriented rates.

Levies of Recreation Park andSport Arena in Gianyar Rise

Regional levy is one of the sources for regionally generatedrevenue (PAD) being important to finance the regionaldevelopment. To that end, Regional Regulation (Perda) ofGianyar Regency No. 3/2005 concerning with admission andrental fees to recreation park and sport center needs to beadjusted with the enactment of Law No.28/2009 on RegionalTax and Levies.

Then, the provisions in ChapterVI concerning with the structureand magnitude of levy is affirmedin Article 7 of the RegionalRegulation No. 8/2010 governinglevies of recreation park and sportarena in Gianyar Regency as setforth below:

In the closing provision, inarticle 19 is stated that the Law No.8/2010 concerning with Levies ofRecreation Park and Sport Arenais declared valid since thestipulation of this decision namelyon April 1, 2010.

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Tourism Attractions in Badung Regency

Badung Government Tourism Office Address; Jl. Raya Kuta No. 2 Badung Ph. (0361) 756175Fax. (0361) 756176 http://www.badung.go.id

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There are many places of interest in Badung Regencysuch as: Dreamland, Tanjung Benoa, Deluang Sari TurtleFarm, Nusa Dua, Kuta, Bali Bomb Monument, Jimbaran,Legian, Seminyak, Petitenget Beach, Kedonganan, TanahWuuk, Pelaga/Petang, Sangeh Monkey Forest, Nung-NungWaterfall, Waka Tangga, Ayung River Rafting, UluwatuTemple, Petitenget Temple, Sadha Temple and Taman AyunTemple.

Nusa DuaIt means ‘two islands’ in Bahasa

Indonesia. This is one of the pre-mier resort areas in the world. Thearea is located 20 minutes south ofthe Ngurah Rai International Air-port, Denpasar and is a short driveto many of Bali’s attractions andbeautiful beaches. This is the homeof many of Bali’s world-classluxury resort hotels.

Jimbaran BeachThis area is just south of

Kedonganan beach and has a verybeautiful white sand beach area andclear seawater that is suitable for

recreation and relaxation. It is quieterthan its neighboring beaches and onewill find nice hotels and mostly sea-food served at Jimbaran’s restaurants.Jimbaran is in fact famous for its de-licious seafood, particularly its typi-cal grilled seafood with Jimbaran’s‘secret sauce’. You’ve got to taste itto believe it.

Legian, Seminyak, PetitengetBeach

These beautiful beaches are sev-eral kilometers north of Kuta. Like itsneighboring beaches, these offer arefuge for surfers. There are also manyfacilities for tourists as the result ofthe Kuta north expansion.Sangeh “Monkey Forest”

Sangeh is the village whose north-ern part covers about 14 hectares of aholy homogeny forest of ‘Pala’ treeswith hundreds of monkey inhabitants.The trees cannot be found on anyother part of Bali and their existencein this village remains a mystery. Lookfor a lovely mossy temple, which ishidden amongst the tall and gracious‘Pala’ trees.

Ayung River RaftingThe river Ayung is the longest and

largest river in Bali, and along thisriver, white water rafting was first in-troduced in Bali. To experience raft-

ing on the river Ayung’s west side isamazing, for besides the enjoymentof challenging rapids, the panoramaof this beautiful, intact nature area ishighlighted by the appearance of wildanimals along the rafting route suchas big bats, black monkeys, and more.

Uluwatu TempleAt the westernmost tip of Bukit

Peninsula, this is one of Bali’s nine‘directional’ Kayangan Jagat temples.The location is dramatic, perched onthe edge of a high cliff with a pictur-esque sunset view. The temple wasfirst used for worship by the 11th cen-tury holy priest, Empu Kuturan, whocame to Bali to bring religious lawand to form Desa Adat (traditional vil-lages). The area where spectacularsunsets can be viewed is filled withthe scent of frangipani blossoms andis also the home of friendly monkeys.

Petitenget TemplePeti Tenget temple and beach

is located at Banjar Batubelig,Kerobokan village kecamatanKuta. To reach this object by mo-tor vehicle from Denpasar, travelwestwards more or less 10 kmthen turn south, or to the northfrom Kuta following RayaSeminyak Street.

Peti Tenget temple was builtin the 15th century and it used tobe a plot of extraordinary holy(Tenget) land, bush growth anddwelled by the I Bhuta Ijo demonthat was trusted by Holy priest,Dang Hyang Nirartha to safe-guard his holy box. The story istold that when the priest stayedat south port (now Uluwatu), aman from Kerobokan villagecame asking the priest for help.He wished to cultivate the plotof land without feeling fear. Thepriest suggested that the peoplebuild a temple dedicated to god‘Labuhan Masceti’ and a singleclosed shrine (Pagedongan) forBhuta Ijo as a place to safeguardthe priest’s box (Peti). From thattime on, the temple was namedPeti Tenget Temple.

Sadha TempleThis temple, with decorative

carvings, is famous for its intricacyand ingenuity. Dating from theMajapahit period, this originallywas an old dynastic sanctuary(prasada) of Mengwi Royalty. The

split gate and a 16-meter hightower inside the temple are con-structed much like ‘Candi’ in Java.The 64 stone seats, similar to mega-lithic ancestral shrines, commemo-rate warriors who died in battle.

Taman Ayun Temple‘Taman Ayun’ means beautiful

garden, located in the village ofMengwi, 18 km west of Denpasar.It is indeed one of Bali’s most pic-

turesque temples. The king ofMengwi, I Gusti Agung Anom,built its stately proportioned court-yards and large surrounding moatin the year 1634. Containing boththe Royal family ancestral shrinesand the storied MERU shrines tothe major deities, Taman Ayun be-came the main temple for the an-cient kingdom of Mengwi.

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BADUNGThe Center of Tourism

he activitiescommenced on 24Junewith purification

ceremony (mecaru) at the hoteland hotel temple festival(pujawali) on 26 June 2010. Sportactivities include futsal amongstthe affiliated companies, namely

Bali Niksoma Boutique Beach Resort

Donating Blood And Releasing Baby Turtles To The SeaIn celebrating the 7th anniversary of Bali Niksoma Boutique

Beach Resort, Legian, Bali which falls on 10 September 2010there are some activities have been and being conducted.The activities include but not limited to sport activitiesamongst the employees and affiliated companies, celebrationof the hotel temple ceremony, social activities that focusingon charity for people underprivileged, blood donations andenvironmental friendly activities such as beach cleaning, raretree planting such as Badung tree, cendana (sandal wood)and majegau, and releasing baby turtles to the sea.

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aw enforcement relatedto violations committedby travel

businesspeople can now be dealtwith firmly. This is related to theenforcement of RegionalRegulation No. 1/2010 concerningwith on Travel Services Business(UJPW).

It was announced by ViceChairman of OrganizationalResearch and Development andHuman Resources of theAssociation of the Indonesia Toursand Travel Agencies (ASITA) ofBali Chapter, I Ketut Ardana,when opening the socialization ofthe Regional Regulation No. 1/2010 related to Travel BusinessService in Denpasar not long ago.

The socialization was followedby the members of ASITA, otherrelated tourism associations andagencies. On that occasion, threeresource persons were presentednamely the Head of BaliGovernment Tourism Office, BaliProvincial Legal Bureau and theIntegrated Licensing Office(KPPT) providing guidance basedon their respective field.

With the enactment of RegionalRegulation on the UJPW, Ardanacontinued, his party hoped thatBali could be cleaned from illegalbusiness practices, so the negativeimage of Bali due to illegalbusiness practices without ethicscould be restored. Right now, hesaid, travel agents (BPW)included in the ASITA Baliconsisted of 347 members of thebusiness, where 147 of them hadlicensed but did not become themember of ASITA and hundreds

Bali Niksoma, 5asec ProfessionalDry Cleaning and MozzarellaRestaurant, and badmintoninvolving employees of the resortand the affiliated companies.

On 28 August 2010 employeesof Bali Niksoma representing alldepartments conducted a cleaning blitz around Legian

village area and ended-up at the beach in frontof this beachfrontboutique resort. Theactivity was thenproceeded with a blooddonation programwhere employees ofBali Niksoma donatedtheir blood for thepeople in need throughthe Bali Red Crossorganization. Morethan 45 pockets ofblood are donated of350cc each.

Meanwhile, thebaby turtle release willbe done on Fridaymorning, 10September 2010 at the

of other businesses without a clearlicense.

Through the socialization ofUJPW regulation, ASITA memberswere expected to understand wellabout the matters of restrictionmentioned in the legislation. Afterthe enactment of the regulation, alltravel agents from other regions oroverseas running their business inBali should be subject to theprovisions of the UJPW regulation.“We also need to remind the travelagents that existence of theregulation will not only bringbeneficial prospect, but also manyobligations that should beimplemented by travel agents,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali

Government Tourism Office(Diparda) represented by DivisionHead of Tourism Business Control,Nyoman Andriani, explained thatbased on such regulation all travelagents (BPW) in Bali operatingwithout licenses were threatenedby fines amounting to IDR 50million or minimally IDR 30million with corporeal punishmentfor six months in jail .

He also explained, in theregulation, travel agents and touroperators were required to provideprotection to tourists, employ alicensed tour guide, provideoptimal service, and adhere tomoral values, ethics and culturalvalues available within theBalinese community. (BTN/015)

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“These activities arereflecting the implementationof Tri Hita Karana at BaliNiksoma; the three balancingsubstances that contribute tothe harmony relations in ourlife. They are the harmoniousrelation amongst mankind,between mankind and theenvironment and betweenmankind and the AlmightyGod”, explained by NyomanAstama, resident manager ofBali Niksoma.


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80363 Bali, IndonesiaPhone : (0361) 771020.

Fax: (0361) 771139E-mail:

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Hotel with unique cordiality

September 3 - 23, 2010Who’s WhoWho’s WhoLooking back at your activities

member, Harto Wijaya,who will create anddeliver selections ofdelectable dishes toguests. He will overseerestaurant, lobby lounge,pool bar, in room dining,spa food and meetingservices. Known for hiscreativity in the kitchen,Harto Wijaya joined thehotel in early August2010 as a Sous Chef. Hehas been cookingprofessionally for over13 years and holdsvarious qualifications,making him an excellentaddition to the team. Hestarted his career as aCook at KJ clubRestaurant and CaféSurabaya and moved toBali to continue hiscareer at Seafood LagunaRamayana Hotel, Bali

Beach Golf Course, GabahRestaurant Ramayana Hotel,Executive Chef in Adhijaya Hoteland as a Chef at SILQ Villa prior

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The New Sous Chef of Aston joining Aston At Grand Kuta. Hislove of culinary arts makes himalways creative and exploring theart of food. Harto Wijaya willcontinue to share his culinaryknowledge and enrich the Aston atGrand Kuta Hotel and Residencevarious dishes. (BTN/R)

Hatchlings Release at GriyaSantrian Hotel

SANUR - Griya Santrian Hotel, August 17, 2010 held adinner which took place on the beach and was attended byguests who were staying at the hotel in order to celebratethe independence day of the republic of Indonesia. Theinteresting thing about the event in that time was the holdingof the release of hatchlings on the beach which located insouth of the hotel before the dinner began. The release ofhatchlings was greeted with enthusiasm by the guests ofthe hotel. Not less than 50 guests participated in the eventwhich the plan was recognized very suddenly by one of thesteering committee.

“This hatchlings release is an additional event that wemake as a series of commemorations of Indonesia’sIndependence Day. We are planning this event with suddenlybecause only one day before the holding of the event wefound the hatchlings hung around our shores. It is indeedan amazing thing considering the incubation process lastedthree months. It means that we have been three monthsalong with the eggs here,” said Tamiarta, one of the staff atthe Griya Santrian hotel.

The event of hatchlings release was held in the afternoonand it took about half an hour. While waiting for the mainevent, which in that case was dinner and dance, thehatchlings release event represented a very interestingattraction. It was also recognized by the guests who werepresent there. Peter and Paul, the couple who alsoparticipated in the event claimed to feel really enjoy with theevent. “This is a great event and this is the first experiencefor us. We are very happy when we let them go and watchthem swim to reach their freedom. Very amazing and funny,”said them pleased. (BTN/Angga)

Blood Donation

SEMINYAK - On the occasion of the anniversary ofIndonesia Independence Day on 17 August 2010, SofitelSeminyak Bali held blood donation in the hotel. As committedon the first event held in April, blood donation is becomehotel’s permanent program which is held every three months. Assisted by the Indonesian Red Cross (IRC), the committeewas expecting to get more participant than the previousevent. The blood donation was held at the pre-function PuriTanjung Sari Ballroom and was started at 2:00 p.m. until5:00 p.m. (BTN/R)

Brain Awareness Training

LEGIAN - All staffs should be aware with hotel product andget in touch with the brand itself. To fulfill this awareness,recently all Department heads and the second layer of AllSeasons got training conducted by Accor Corporate TrainingAsia, Mr. Hendra J. Ngantung. This training just took 1 dayon 13th August’10 and divided into 2 sessions, morning andafternoon. The aims of this training is to give brain awarenessabout All Seasons itself, why All Seasons is created, whatis the position of All Seasons in Accor group, what is themeaning of All Seasons and what All Seasons sold to theguest. Mr. Kahar Salamun, General Manager of All Seasonshope by this training all parties could bring more up the feelof All Seasons to the guest, so they could enjoy their stay inAll Seasons. (BTN/R)

Independence Day

KUTA - The 65th celebration of Independence Day wascelebrated at Kuta Seaview Boutique Resort and Spa, the onlyone luxurious boutique resort at Kuta beach area. Theatmosphere of independent’s celebration feel so strong by red– white and flags from the main gate until the lobby area of thisresort with 80 well refurbishment rooms.

For this special moment Kuta Seaview management andstaff celebrating the independence day by holding the flagceremony besides other activities as in previous years. Attendedby each department head and their staffs, they are followedthe flag hoisting ceremony to honoring those that sacrificedlives fighting the for nation independence.

Mr. K. Swabawa, the Resident Manager on his speech said“ A great nation is that can respect and reminisce their history,live in unity and harmony civilization. Our resort was 34 yearsalready, great thanks and high appreciate to the owningcompany who has committed as always to operate this resortin every challenge has attacked our country. This great effort isvery beneficial for Bali’s community, as environmentdevelopment we may retain peoples who have worked here for2 generations. We must survive in every way”

On this occasion, by the aim to appreciate the employee’sloyalty and their consistent to always provide the best servicefor all customers, the management presents the “25 yearsExcellent Service’s certificate of recognition” for the employeeswho had worked and served for 25 years in Kuta SeaviewBoutique Resort & Spa. The groceries were delivered to themas a gift. By this appreciation rewards, the managementexpecting for all the department head and staffs to maximizetheir job performance and loyalty as part of Kuta SeaviewBoutique Resort & Spa team in the future. (BTN/R)

The ElysianDynamic New Management Team

This is an exciting time to be part of The Elysiancommunity as the resort approaches its fifth anniversary.The resort which first introduced the boutique cluster villaconcept to the market is rapidly developing into other marketsectors.

“My five years at The Elysian have gone by in rapidfashion. No doubt this is due to the excitement of being ableto watch the resort grow from opening day until the presenttime. Our success as a select resort can be directly attributedto our young and resourceful team who share a commonvision in creating a strongly interwoven community withinthe brand itself. Coupled with our cutting edge concepts isan innovative management style that fosters personal growthwhile allowing the whole team to continually reach newbenchmarks. The combined experience of our team willensure that The Elysian family will successfully pave pathsinto new territories and it is great to play a part in it.” saidThasia Handayani.

Thasia Handayani was recently appointed as TheElysian’s General Manager and highlights a distinguishedcareer of ten years in the travel and hospitality sector.Thasia’s multilevel experience will certainly keep The Elysianforging ahead

The Elysian’s former General Manager, Gusti Redita hasmoved into a supporting consultant role for the Elysian Groupas the newly formed Elysian Group operation’s now includeResort Property Concepts and Developments, Restaurantand Spa Operations, Property Sales, Land BankingInvestments in addition to Resort Design and relatedservices.

It is an interesting portfolio for the vibrant brand andassisting the team in their endeavours is the newly recruitedMarketing Manager, Kinta Kania and the former Head ofOperations, I Made Arsana has been promoted to Thasia’syouthful management team as The Elysian’s ExecutiveAssistant Manager.

All of the changes and appointments herald a new erafor the young company who have experienced resoundingsuccess since their launch into the marketplace with theslick 26 villa Elysian Resort in 2005.

The Elysian is proud of their achievement and recognizethe role played by the youthful management team that willensure that The Elysian remains as one of Asia’s premiereluxury brands.

ill Lane, the founder ofPATA (The Pacific AsiaTravel Association),

passed away Saturday (7/8). Hewas 90 years old. Ambassador BillLane was instrumental in thecreation of PATA in 1952 inHawaii and remained an activemember throughout his life.

He was also the founder ofSunset Magazine, one of theregion’s first travel publications, apioneer of the region’s travel andtourism movement and a foundingmember of the PATA Foundation.

Terry Francis, chairman of thefoundation board of trustees said:“As chairman of the PATAFoundation, it is my very sad dutyto write to you about the passingof one of the foundation’s foundersand great benefactors. Bill Lane,former foundation president, leftus this past Saturday at the age of90 of respiratory failure after abrief illness.”

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PATA Foundation’s FounderAmbassador Bill Lane Passes Away

1990) as co-owner and publisherof the acclaimed Sunset magazine,LW “Bill” Lane Junior helpeddefine life in the American westafter World War II. The magazine,the most successful regionalpublication in the USA,encouraged its readers to live well,focusing on home, garden, food,and travel.

Bill was a pioneeringenvironmentalist, editorializingagainst DDT three years before itwas banned. His belief in travelas a bridge for cultural exchangeand understanding, led him to takean early interest in sustainabledevelopment, both in his owncountry and those across thePacific. Stationed in the Pacificwith the US Navy during WW II,he later served in peace time as USambassador to Australia andNarau, and as ambassador-at-largeto Japan.

These interests andinvolvements made it only natural

for Bill to be oneof the drivingforces behind theformation ofPATA in 1952and later, of theP A T AF o u n d a t i o n .Recognized inPATA’s Hall ofFame, heremained veryactive in theassociation andwas named a lifemember in 1976.

Bill was aphilanthropistendowing suchinstitutions as hisalma mater,S t a n f o r dUniversity, and theSmithsonian.

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he Tanah Lot tourist object, Tabanan has beenfamous from time immemorial. It has beautifulnature and magnificent view of Tanah Lot Temple

surrounded by the sea. It is very unique indeed and secondto none in the world. Every day, especially in the afternoon,abundant tourists enthusiastically watch the naturalphenomenon, namely the sun sets on the western horizon.

Aside from regular procession every day (sunset), thetourist destination management also organizes the annualTanah Lot Art Festival (TLF). During the recent TLF 2010,it was served a variety of arts such as Legong, Joged, puppetshadow, Okokan art et cetera. In fact, the Okokan art waswatched by myriad of tourists who accidentally came todelight in the sunset on that day.

The recent performance of Okokan art was staged byresidents of Panti Hamlet, Kediri Village, Tabanan Regency.The art troupe presented the sequel of Ramayana epicnamely on the Death of Subali, the younger brother of KingSugriwa. In the photograph, the two brothers seemed to be

Subali was ‘killed’ at Tanah Lotcarried and they were fighting because of misunderstandingamong them. Finally, Subali was killed at the end of thearrow belonging to Rama.

Okokan art in reality still develops in Kerambitan andKediri Village where both belong to Tabanan region.Uniquely, the musical accompaniment in use was woodenbell usually hanged or attached to the neck of a cow orbuffalo. When the cow moves, the wooden bell will soundkroncong-kroncong.

However, in this Okokan art the wooden bells weremade in larger size so that they would sound loudly andengendered rhythmic music hearing glodog-glodog.Meanwhile, other musical instruments consisted of drum,tawa-tawa, kempul et cetera. The art getting involvedmany gamelan players is indeed unique and very rare inBali. (BTN/Yan Beryas)B N

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Dewi Sinta Restaurant Tanah lot, offersa wide rings of Balinese, Indonesian andChinese food as well as seafood and Europeancuisine prepared by our experienced chef.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are available ala carte or buffet style.

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I t is not an art show, but the activity of environmental preservation namely ‘the release of turtle hatchlings.’ This event was organized creatively.Before peak of the event, there was an art procession parading the turtle hatchlings equipped with festive pennant, banners and flag as well asaccompanied by baleganjur gamelan music. Later on, such turtle hatchlings were released simultaneously accompanied by baleganjur music,

too. It was the vivacious atmosphere enlivening the 65th anniversary of RI’s Independence and the 44th anniversary of Inna Grand Bali Beach (IGBB) Sanur,last Tuesday (Aug 17). Here are some pictures immortalizing the momentous minutes: (1) procession of turtle hatchling release, (2) releasing the hatchlings,(3) General Managers of properties under management of Hotel Indonesia-Natour, and (4) Futsal game. (photo & text by budarsana)

Turtle Hatchlings Release

Bali was Blessed by High Priest of TibetPuri Saron, Wednesday (18 / 8) received an honor visited

by the High Priest of Tibet. During the visit, Priest of Tibetnamed HH Dudjom Tenzin Yeshe Dorje and 12 other priests

warmly welcomed by the head of tourism department ofBadung, Drs. I Made Subawa, MM. and Gusti Kade Sutawa,

SE., MM., MBA as Chairman of the KEC (Kuta ExecutiveClub) who sponsored the event.

H Dudjom Tenzin YesheDorje was the 19thincarnation of the

genealogy DUDJOM, born inBhutan and was officially admittedand named by HH the Dalai Lama asa Tulku Orgyen Rinpoche. He hadreceived all the initiation andtransmission of the main teachings ofKarma and Terma Nyingma from theholder of main genealogy. The HighPriest had visited many places inIndonesia such as Semarang,Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jambi,

ayung Gede Village,Kintamani subdistrict,Bangli Regency, is

developed into a tourism pilotproject 2010. “Previously, we havealready made comprehensive studieson various aspects and is nowdetermined to be a pilot project ofcommunity-based tourism 2010,”said Village Chief of Bayung GedeI Wayan Suwela, recently.

He added, since the village wasdeclared as a pilot project, his partyreceived the help and facilities fromthe National Program forCommunity Empowerment(PNPM). Bayung Gede Village isone of 11 villages in Indonesiadeveloped into a pilot project forcommunity-based tourism.

Meanwhile, Udayana Universityhas performed various studies inrelation to the project since 2005concerning with several aspects ofBayung Gede Village. “PreviouslyBayung Gede Village was just as abackup, but having been reviewedby a team from central government,our village were finally selected,” heexplained.

Similarly, he mentioned that thebasic reason on the selection ofBayung Gede Village as tourismpilot project 2010 was stated in theletter from the Coordinating Ministryfor People’s Welfare No. 10.13.834/KMD/D/VII/V/2010. With thepublication of the letter, it meant inthe development of community-based cultural tourism of BayungGede, the government wouldallocate a fund worth IDR 2.5 billion.

The main factor of Bayung GedeVillage selected as a pilot project,according to Suwela, was caused by

in the eyes of the internationalcommunity. “We will support allactivities that could promote tourismin Bali, including business tourism,sports tourism and spiritual tourism.For spiritual tourism in particular, wewelcome the visit of the High Priestof Tibet. So there we can make Baliwhich considered as a ‘destinationyesterday’, becoming Bali as a‘destination tomorrow’, “said I MadeSubawa, when asked related to theevent.

A similar statement was alsoconveyed by Gusti Kade Sutawawhich said that he was veryenthusiastic about everything thatcould increase tourism in Bali.“There are a lot of efforts that wehave done to promote Bali in theeyes of the world. With the visit ofPriests of Tibet who do the grandpuja to Bali despite the negativeeffects, of course this is a positivestep which also can increase thetourism in Bali, “added Kade Sutawathat also as the initiator of peaceechoes in Bali. (BTN/PKL Unud)

Jakarta, andfinally his lasttrip to Balifrom 18-21August 2010.

The purposeof the visit wasto pray for Balit oprogressivelyexpand into abetter Bali inthe future. Itwould be gohand in handwith thepromotion ofBali andincrease thetourism image

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a unique tradition owned by thevillage prevailing a prohibition tonewlywed couple. In the village, thecouple recently married is notallowed to enter into the home yardand not regarded as residents of theBayung Gede Village before payingtumbakan (a kind of dowry)submitted to the village in the formof two bulls and undertakingparticular fasting.

In addition, the newlywed couplewas required to make a processioncalled penyekeban (maturation) byliving in a small shack at the end ofthe local village. In addition to thisunique tradition, Bayung Gede alsohas a system of governmentpracticed from time immemorialcalled saih nembelas system. Thistraditional government system,continued Suwela, ran theadministration chaired by a leadermanaging the local temples andtraditional village. “With thistraditional leadership system, theresidents of our village remain wellunited up to these days,” he said.

Regarding to livelihood, heexplained that since 2005 most localresidents had relied on the cropsobtained from planting citrus, whilepreviously they only cultivatedcassava and gogo rice variety plantedon non-irrigated field.

In the meantime, for themanagement of Bayung GedeVillage as a tourism pilot project,Suwela added, his party wouldestablish a committee. “In years tocome, this committee will managethe assistance obtained and at thesame time build the tourism atGede Bayung Village,” heconcluded. (BTN/BB)

elayu Village, Tabanan, starts to draw the visit of foreigntourists, especially those from Germany, France, Holland.Recently, Bali Travel News (BTN) waited up in the Beji Temple

located at Beringkit Hamlet, Belayu Village. At that time, it happened tobe the piodalan or temple anniversary of the local temple lying beautifullyon the riverside and at its surrounding stretched a verdant paddy field.

When BTN got up early, some tourists had been in the courtyard ofBeji Temple. They were amazed to see the temple surrounded by sometropical big trees. As consequence, atmosphere of the temple wasregularly cool and turning more solemn as accompanied by the gurglingsounds of water in the Yeh Sungi River looking crystal clear and flowingamong the stone rocks.

Belayu Village Getting more Favored by Tourists

It is the ambience of the pristine countryside ofBelayu Village favored by European tourists. Theyhave trekking activities in the morning and afternoonby passing through the wide spreads of verdant ricefields and occasionally take pictures andcommunicate with friendly local farmers.

Not long ago, a temple anniversary was alsoorganized at Dangka Temple at Belayu Villagecoinciding with the anniversary of Beji Temple.Those European tourists had an opportunity to watchand immortalized such momentous moment withtheir digital camera where the procession of templeanniversary is as seen on the photo.

Belayu Village is suitable to be developed into atourism village because of its rural landscape,endless rice fields and communities deeply involvedin the profession as sculptors, majoring in theBalinese traditional classical sculpture. Meanwhile,accommodation for guests is also available at BelayuVillage. (BTN/Yan Beryas)

ali Safari & Marine Parkpresented a spectaculartheatrical show denoting a

fusion of Balinese traditionalperforming arts and contemporarydance as a modern art theatre.Musical collaboration of diversegenres and puppet attraction wasperformed at the largest modernstage, so it turns so excitingperforming arts.

It was the show entitled ‘BaliAgung—the Legend of BalineseDeities’ in Bali Safari & Marine Park,Gianyar, Tuesday (Aug 31) that lateron would be performed regularlyfour times a week.

The original music compositionas a perfect blend of Balinesegamelan and western orchestralmusic enriched the performing artsproduction. A total of 150 artistssupporting the work of art looked sogood at expressing the storylinetaken from historical and legendarystories of Sri Jaya Pangus, the Kinggoverning the Balingkang Kingdomin the twelfth century and his belovedwife Kang Ching Wie was anobleman’s daughter from mainlandChina.

What made the show trulyinteresting was when Bali’s mostaccomplished artists, including thedancers, puppeteer and musicianjointly performed with a variety ofexotic and trained animals such aselephants, camels, eagles and tigers.The stretch of volcanic crater andtowering volcano became a

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backdrop of the epic filled by sneakyplots and heroism.

Peter J. Wilson, the world’sleading film director whocollaborated with puppeteer, I MadeSidia, was really good at arrangingthe most illustrious legend mixedwith the amazing effects of thewestern theater to create a theatricaleffect. Moreover, the indoor theatercomplex had a capacity of 1200 seatsand equipped with the latest multi-media technology, sophisticatedsound systems and lighting made thetheater performances alive.

Executive Director, HansManangsang during the pressconference before the gig said thatthe vision of Bali Agung was tocreate a colossal work with theoverall story line summarizing the

essence of Bali, an imaging about theevolution in the perspective ofBalinese culture. “This is animportant aspect of our commitmentto conservation of wildlife andculture,” he said.

Bali Agung team was created andproduced by renowned theater teamin the international arena. Director,composer and production designer ofthis spectacular theater had beeninvolved in various large-scaleproductions, including the SydneyOlympics and Doha Asian Gamesevent. “The combination of theaterartists and the team is promising aunique and daily performance thatcan only be witnessed in the BaliTheater,” he added.

Meanwhile, John Sumampaw,Director of Sales and Marketing of BaliTheater added the theatre would castthe uniqueness of Balinese culture andthe brilliance of its values consequentlyattracting a national and internationalaudience to visit and enjoy the creativedimension of the island within the scopeof a single theme park.

According to the famous Balinesepuppet artist, I Made Sidia, the BaliAgung production would soon beshown to the wider public as the artsand cultural scene of the mostmagnificent ever undertaken inIndonesia. “I have seen a variety oftheatrical performances throughout theworld and most of them are indeedcolossal, but the Bali Agung will standout in terms of concept andphilosophy,” he asserted. (BTN/bud)

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Founder : K. Nadha; General Manager: I Nyoman Wirata; ChiefEditor: I Gusti Ngurah Wisnu Wardana; Journalists andMarketing: Nyoman Budarsana, Kadek Ery; Photographer:Gustra, Graphic Designer: I Wayan Sudiasa, Wayan Suka; Con-tributors: I G N Widnyana (Wied N.), Wayan Beratha Yasa, IdaBagus Lolec, Ketut Wiana, Wayan P. Windia, Suteja Neka, KetutSumadi, AA.G.Raka Dalem, Wayan Punia, Wayan Suka (Bangli),Wawan (Klungkung), Lanus Sumatra, Gde Budana (Karangasem),KG. Darma Putra; Address: Gedung Bali Post, 3rd Floor, JalanKepundung 67 A, Denpasar 80232, Bali – Indonesia, Phones:62-361-(249484 – 249485), Facsimile: 62-361-249486, E-mail:[email protected]; Home-page: http://www.bali-travelnews.com;License: 596/SK/Menpen/SIUPP/1998 (dated 14th October1998): Publisher: Koperasi Tarukan Media Dharma; Printer: PTBali Post (PT. Bali Post does not claim responsibility for the con-tents of this publication).

1. Denpasar Areaa. Tourist Assistance Centre (24 hours)

WR Supratman Street, Ph : (0361) 224111b. Denpasar City Police Station, Gunung Sanghyang Street,

Denpasar.Phone (0361) 424346 – 422323

c. South Denpasar Police Sector, By Pass Ngurah Rai Sanur,Denpasar.Phone (0361) 288597

d. West Denpasar Police Sector, A Yani Street No 100, Denpasar.Phone (0361) 225456

e. East Denpasar Police Sector, Prof. Ida Bagus Mantra Street,Denpasar.Phone (0361) 464694

f. Kuta Police Sector, Kuta Street No. 141, KutaPhone (0361) 751598 – 752110

g. South Kuta Police Sector, By Pass Ngurah Rai, Bualu-Nusa Dua.Phone (0361) 772110

h. Tourist Police Post, Pantai Kuta Street, Kutai. Bualu Tourist Police Station, Bundaran Tugu Mandala of BTDC,

Nusa Duaj. Tourist Police Station (24 hours), Jl. Double Six Beach, Kuta.

2. Badung Areaa. Badung Police Station, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi.

Phone (0361) 829949b. Mengwi Police Sector, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi.

Phone (0361) 411270c. Petang Police Sector, Majapahit Street, Petang.

Phone (0361) 813975d. Abiansemal Police Sector, Ciung Wanara Street No. 80352,

Blahkiuh.Phone (0361) 813972

e. North Kuta Police Sector, Canggu Street. Kuta.3. Gianyar Area

a. Gianyar Police Resort, Jln Ngurah Rai,Gianyar.Phone (0361) 293110

b. Ubud Sector Police Station, Andong Street, Ubud.Phone (0361) 975316

c. Sukawati Sector Police, Sukawati Street,Phone (0361) 298723 –298110

d. Tourist Police Station, Simpang Puri Ubud4. Tabanan Area.

a. Tabanan Police Resort, Pahlawan Street, Tabanan.Phone (0361) 811210 – 814445

b. Alas Kedaton Tourist Police Station.c. Tanah Lot Tourist Police Station, Kediri.

Phone (0361) 8123995. Singaraja Area

a. Buleleng Police Resort, Pramuka Street, Singaraja.Phone (0362) 41510 – 21116

b. Lovina Tourist Police Station at Lovina6. Klungkung Area

a. Klungkung Police Resort, Untung Surapati Street No. 28.Phone (0366) 21115

b. Tourist Police Station at Goa Lawah tourism attraction7. Bangli Area

a. Bangli Police Resort, Merdeka Street No.98.Phone (0366) 91072

b. Tourist Police Station at Kintamani tourism attraction8. Karangasem Area

a. Karangasem Police Resort, Bhayangkara Street No. 1Phone (0363) 21220

b. Tourist Police Station of Candidasac. Tourist Police Station of Tulambend. Tourist Police Station of Besakih

9. Jembrana Areaa. Jembrana Police Resort, Pahlawan Street No. 27 Negara.

Phone (0365) 41110 – 41198.b. Tourist Police Station at Rambut Siwi tourism area.

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Rama Garden Hotel BaliJl. Yudistira (Jl. Padma),Legian-Bali,Indonesia.

P: +62-361-751971; F: +62-361-755909 E: [email protected] W: www.ramagardenhotelbali.com

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Legian Paradiso Hotel.Jl. Legian No. 118 Kuta 80361

Telp: 0361 752167Fax : 0361 754372

Email: [email protected]

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Puri Saron HotelJl. Camplung Tanduk Seminyak Kuta Bali

P: +62 (361) 731007; F: +62 (361) 730492 E: [email protected] W: www.purisaronhotels.com

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KEC is an association of hoteliers whose place of business is locatedin Kuta, Legian and Seminyak areas. There are a total of Room now2969 rooms represented by 20 hotels members of KEC. KEC wasinitially established in the early of 2000 to exchange information ontourism related and to initiate social related activities amongst themembers. KEC meets on the second Thursday of each month. KECalso has working groups of marketing initiative, environment, securityand government liaisons.

VISIONKEC will bring together hospitality business entities in Kuta district tohave a common understanding and commitment of the paramountrole everyone contributes to the success of Kuta in supporting Bali as

Ramada Resort Camakila

T : +62 361 752 877; F : +62 361 752 870E : [email protected] : www.ramadaresortcamakila.com

Jl. Pura Bagus Teruna, LegianBali, Indonesia

Kuta Beach Club Hotel & SpaJl. Singosari No 18 P.O. Box 3226 Kuta

Bali Indonesia P: +62-361-751261; F: +62-361-766002 E: [email protected] W: www.kutabeachclub.com

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P: +62-361-752520; F: +62-361-752519 E: [email protected] W: www.alamkulkul.com

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Aston at Grand KutaJl. Dewi Sri No. 8 - Legian, Kuta, Bali - IndonesiaT : +62-361 - 3000 888; F : +62-361 - 3000 999Email:[email protected]

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Melasti Beach Resort & SpaJl Dewi Sartika Kuta

P: +62-361-751335; F: +62-361-751563 E: [email protected] W: www.melastibali.com

Chairman:Gusti Kade Sutawa

All Seasons Legian BaliJl Padma Utara Legian Bali Indonesia

P: +62-361-767688 F: +62-361-756197 E: [email protected] W: www.allseasonslegian.com

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MISSIONKEC will exchange information amongst members that affects thehospitality industry business in general and to have a common voiceand actions on tourism related issues in Kuta, Legian and Seminyakareas. KEC members will develop the positive image of, and promoteKuta, Legian and Seminyak as a preferred tourism destination in Bali.KEC will facilitate the communication and cooperation betweenbusiness, local government and the Balinese community. KEC willencourage the highest level of safety, security, cleanliness andenvironmental friendliness.

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ubak poses an agricultural management system(irrigation) in Bali which has existed since the ninthcentury. This system remains in practice by farmers inBali up to these days (21st century). Why has the system

been maintained for more than 12 centuries? Do not farmers inBali get in touch with the advanced Western management showingits rapid growth since the middle century (15th through 19th

centuries)? The answer must be submitted to the farmercommunity of Bali.

Evidently, the farming community in Bali strongly believes inthe Tri Hita Karana (THK) concept becoming the basis of watercontrol system management. Through the aspiration to live inharmony with their Lord (spiritual element/Parhyangan), harmonywith the fellow humans (social elements/Pawongan) and harmonywith the nature (environment element/Palemahan) is believed tomake this world last forever. In relation to the confidence, in thisedition we invite you to explore the splendor of agrotourism andecotourism in Bali remaining to be practiced by the subakmanagement in dealing with their business.

The Millenary Subak Management

reen revolution occurred between 1943 and 1970sthrough the implementation of chemical fertilizerand a good irrigation system has conjured up rice

production. In short term, it became an efficacious medicineto resolve the famine in tropical countries. Few decades later,it had an impact on the reduction of environmental quality,like pollution in water, land and others. Apart from the impacton the environment, it was also had an impact on humanhealth like the rise of some new cancers.

Realizing these facts, now Bali has an initiative to becomea green province and implement the integrated farmingsystem (Simantri). Hopefully, implementation of the systemcould realize the Bali Organic plan and consequently minimizethe environmental destruction. Green province campaignincludes some aspects, namely green culture, greeneconomy and Bali green and clean. Green culture is intendedto change the societal behavior in managing their wastemanagement and environment. Green economy hints thatall economic activities should be in the eco-friendlyorientation. These two aspects will empty out into the initiativeof Bali Organic.

One of the aspects is applied in the agricultural field.Socialization has been intensified while establishing farmergroups. Through breeding local cows, for instance, farmersare expected to get maximal benefits. Other than increasingthe number of cows, they will be able to take advantage thecow dung and urine for organic fertilizers. In the long run, itwill reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Ofcourse, this endeavor will reduce the production cost thatshould be spent by farmers and at the same time increasethe quality of rice as well as improve the environmental quality.

As a matter of fact, simple practice of this concept couldhave been seen around 1970s. Farmers using cows tocultivate their land could also take advantage of their cowdung. It was spread out onto the rice field and its efficacycould last for at least for two planting seasons. In terracedrice field, it could uniquely be managed by establishing acowshed in the upper stream. Later on, the collected drycow dung was channeled to rice field through the water gutter.

However, since being urged by the demand to multiplethe rice production, farmers left the method. Introduction ofhand tractor and chemical fertilizers gradually replaced therole of cows. The new method was expected to accelerate

Spiritual Farming:

From One Greento Some other Greens

the land cultivation process. As consequence, cows wereonly serving as ‘family saving’ for farmers.

Simple eco-friendly pest control actually has beenproposed in the palm-leaf manuscript entitled “Shri Tattwaor Darmaning Pemaculan.” It has been applied by subakcommunity in Bali from generation to generation until today.However, it seems to put more emphasis on the ritual aspectonly, while herbal pesticide or other means of the oblation isonly applied symbolically. For instance, bird raids aremanaged by offering two pieces of ketupat sidayu togetherwith oblation and side dish of yellow dragonfly.

Meanwhile, Subash Palekar from India claimed to havedeveloped the vedic-based farming. He has initiated his‘spiritual farming’ since 1988. In essence he said that Godor nature has provided human with everything required togrow plants. So implementing the chemical fertilizers andpesticide means to oppose God and will result in bad impactto humans. Cow dung and urine as well as compost arethree beneficial ingredients being enough for farming bothon irrigated and non-irrigated land. By doing so, he claims itis a ‘zero budget of natural farming’ as in his trilogy bookentitled Philosophy of Spiritual Farming.

To sum up, all movements at least refer to the samekeywords namely green, natural and eco-friendly concept.They denote milestone of new awareness on modern humanto re-orientate their food production in quality. This awarenesshas triggered the orientation in the quality of life andenvironment. Hopefully, the aspiration of Bali as GreenProvince and other green concepts could be realizedsupported by entire community based on their awareness ofa better quality life!

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Advancement of science of technology does notanswer all problems encountered by human life. Inagriculture, for instance, modern farmers can nowboost the quantity of production, even in multiple

amounts. On the one had, it’s a great success but onthe other hand it still leaves a problem on the decline

of environmental and human health quality.

hen he applied, he wasoffered to be a Butlerfirst, and time by time he

became a Supervisor and becamean Assistant Head Butler for thenext offering in the same hotel,finally, he was offered to be theHead Butler who was charged inRoom Service and Housekeeping

GM Harris Hotel, Budi Prihardjanto

Make Them Happy with “The Little Surprise”

department. “We have to know,how long we could achieve ourgoal and where is the spot that wecould satisfy, every moment ofsadness and happiness are the waywe could be a success. Don’t everfollow the flow, because waterflows from the high place into thelower place and sometimes the

flow of the watercould finish in adirty cesspool,”said this 37 yearsold man.

He has someexperiences asResident Host atsome hotels inJava and themost proudlyoccupation forhim where heworked in RitzCarlton KualaL u m p u r ,R o s e w o o dCorniche JedahSaudi Arabia,Ritz CarltonPacific Jakarta,Banyan TreeT h a i l a n d ,Calista LuxuryResort Turkey,IC Green PalaceHotel in Turkey,Rixos PremiumHotel in Turkeyand the last onewas to become aDirector for FarEast Operationin The

International Institute of ModernButlers in Florida – USA, who wasresponsible to deliver Butlertraining for some Luxury hotel /resorts. After that he returned toIndonesia for DharmawangsaJakarta as a Human ResourcesDirector in 2007 until 2008 andmove to Swiss-Bel Hotel Jakarta in

2009. And now, although justarrived in Bali about 5 months agoas the General Manager in HarrisHotel Tuban – Bali, he wants toshare his experiences with all of thestaff in there especially for theinterpersonal service. “I know theBalinese people are very friendly,but some of them don’t know abouttheir friends. So, I want the staffknow each other in detail especiallywhat they love into, so they coulddo the same thing to the guests,”said this man who was blessed with3 beloved daughters.

Starting term as GM at theHarris Hotel Tuban, Budi has somehopes in Harris Hotel. “I wantmake this hotel become the besthotel, although as known as a smallhotel but has a good service like afive star hotel,” said this friendlyman who has to visit his daughtersand wife in Jakarta every month.He has a concept about theinterpersonal service that couldmake a good impression among theguests. The concept is very simple,when the guests come and arrivein the hotel, the staff could see whatthey need and what they will askto them. They also could know howto make them happy with “the littlesurprise”. For example are theways they treat the guests and alsothe way they could be happy withsome surprise for them. In thattime, there are two Holland guestswho was born in Ambon, Mr. Budihas driven them into someapartments in Kuta and knew abouttheir favorite things, some of themare music and Ambon. So, Mr.

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Budi Prihardjanto is a hardworker. He has a Diploma in

French literature from TheIndonesian Academy of

Foreign Languages in 1992until 1995. After that he

continued his study in TheInternational Institute of

Modern Butlers in Florida –USA started in 2005 until 2006.

He began his experiences intourism about 14 years ago, asthe Food and Beverage Waiter

in The Regent Jakarta, whichwas managed by Four Season

Regent Hotel and Resorts. Inthe early years, he felt that he

didn’t have any capability toimprove his skill, especially in

his English and Frenchlanguage ability. So, he

decided to move into the FrontOffice Division in the Four

Season Jakarta. In 1997, hedecided to improve his skill asa Butler, and fortunately he gota chance in The Darmawangsa

Jakarta.

Budi gave them a CD audio and theartist was come from Ambon butstay in Holland for his musiccarrier. “It is a little thing, but couldbe very impressive and meaningfulfor the guest, so they will rememberabout me, and also Harris Hotel,”he said.

His relationship with the staffwas so amazing and he gets therespect with a good method. Hecalled it “Manager Table”. In thissession, the staff could tell anythingto the manager, and they have asame position on that time. So, theywill know each other about theirfriends’ characters. After that theycould apply it in the real life,moreover they could know andremember more about the guests inHarris Hotel.

Mr. Budi is a lovely man, heteaches the staff how to respect withthe guests, and also how to makethem happy with “the littlesurprise”. These things are the mainand important thing to be adaptedin every place where they belongto. In the business side, he has aprinciple that “lowering the priceis not a good strategy” tomaintenance the hotel well. So,without losing the advantages, wecould make them like in heavenduring their stay in Bali. Especiallyfor the business man that usuallycome to Harris Hotel for theirbusiness trip, moreover thebusiness man are the main gueststhat come to Harris Hotel whichchoose Harris Hotel for theirefficiency and airport services.

“We also have a program forevery two months that we visit theorphanage with the staff and alsothe managers in every division,”said this cheerful man. So, Mr. Budiand his Harris’s staff never forgetabout Pawongan concept in TriHita Karana about theharmonization between human andtheir social life with the other humanin this life. (BTN/Esha/Dewa)

No. Description Score1. Nature & Outdoor activities 102. Music & Night Life 063. Food & Drink 074. Arts & Culture 095. Social & Dating Scene 056. Living Cost 087. Education 068. Health 059. Accommodation 10

10. Environmental Awareness 06

TOTAL SCORE 73

Here are the complete score of the poll held by Travel +Leisure magazine on 10 criteria to evaluate Bali as The BestIsland in the World 2009, published by Diparda Bali.

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HK is a hot item, not justin Badung and inDenpasar, which are

popular tourist attractions, but alsoin the rural areas, where the peopleare relative poor and busy withfarming. No wonder these people arefocused on the THK as the only wayto increase their welfare. Improvingthe quality of life of all people is thechallenge of this philosophy and thisincludes not only the happy few, buteven more the people who areworrying about their daily life andthe future of their children andgrandchildren. And as long as anunfair gap between the haves andhave-nots on Bali exists, much hasto be done to this gap.

In this respect the THK can beused by people, organizations andgovernment as a compass for policyto transform Bali in what we like tocall The Island of the Gods. And this

Looking for Spirituality, You have to Go to the VillageCommunity-Based-Tourism

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Since I am an outspoken fan of the philosophy of THK onBali I often hear –more than before- people speaking aboutthe THK and how this concept could be developed on Bali. Itis not because recently many more people would be convertedto this Hindu philosophy, but has all to do with myself becauseI am eager to discuss THK as the uniqueness on Bali. It is thesame phenomenon that I recognize from the time that I had aserious back injury and discovered to my surprise how manymore people suffered from backache. The same with kite flying,the moment you are interested in this kind of sport, you willexperience that you are not the only one interested, but thatapparently many more people are involved and that there iseven a worldwide network of kite players, who meet regularlyat international kite festivals.

is not just talking, because someinitiatives have already been taken,which are aiming at a better futurefor all Balinese on the base of aunique cooperation betweensuccessful hotels and villages in ruralareas.

As far as I know, the promotionof community-based-tourism (CBT)is the best what can be done toinvolve the rural area actively intourism on Bali. The rural area hasso much to contribute to tourism andis indispensable in the whole packageof tourism. Most important, nowhereon Bali you will find spirituality insuch a pure form in which the farmeris playing a leading role just byshowing what peace and harmonyreally are all about in human life. Andbe aware that spirituality will be mostattractive to international touristswho choose Bali as their holidaydestination. Even if they stay in a

wonderful hotel on the beach in NusaDua, they still are hungry for theexperience of spirituality and for thatyou have to go to the village.

So it was a lucky day that I couldjoin the THK committee for anecotour to Pelaga, a village in thenorth of Badung. It is striking to seethe difference in lifestyle and welfarebetween the south of Badung withso many luxurious hotels and thenorth where people are working hardto stay alive.

First of all we visited a factory inKiadan, one of the banjar of Pelaga,producing juice from the deliciousmarkisa. Wouldn’t it be nice ifluxurious hotels in the south woulduse this fruit juice as a welcome drinkfor all their guests? A wonderful ideaand perfectly fitting in the THKphilosophy, but unfortunately at themoment not feasible because offluctuations in the quality of the juiceand inconsistent distribution. But –Iwould say- these conditions can begaranteed by training the people ofthe village, so they will be competentto manage the markisa factory bymatching the requirements of theinternational hotels in the south. Thistraining could probably the best beprovided by the hotelmanagersthemselves from the hotels that willoffer this nice juice as a real Balinesewelcome drink.

I realize that this single case ofmarkisa fruit is just an example ofan activity that will contribute to thewelfare of people in rural areas. Butthere are more examples, such ascoffee, tea, salak, jeruk and so on. Itwould be worthwhile to inventorize

the potential of the villages in therural areas. With this insight we areable to develop CBT as a new branchof tourism, which could be profitablefor the guests, the hotels and last butnot least for the villages.

Next we had a walk outside thevillage in some kind of forest withthat impressive variety of trees, thatnot only produce fruit andvegetables but also herbs formedicine. Wouldn’t touristsappreciate this trip in the jungle withexplanation about so many trees asan experience they like to talk aboutto their family and friends backhome? That’s why in the villagePelaga a complex of 4 simple roomshas been established, where touristscan stay overnight and have theopportunity to experience life in thevillage.

Just as with the markisa factorythe quality of this housing complexhas to be improved. Basic facilitiesare oke, but the sanitary has to beclean and functional. Again, just asin the markisa case the managers ofthe hotels are the ones who can helpthe villages to set-up a simple formof home-stay with a simple but stillcomfortable interior. This CBT willbe integrated in the package offeredby the hotels to the internationaltourists.

During the discussion about allthese plans of CBT I heard thesuggestion that hotels would bewilling to sponsor the villages inorganizing CBT. By taking thisinitiative hotels would be serious inimplementing THK. Cooperationbetween hotels and villages I would

like to compare with the life of twins,who belong to each other and stillhave their own identity.

The life in the village seemssimple, but nevertheless representsall aspects of spirituality, that peopleare looking for to become happy. Inthis journey of life and happiness thetourist will try to copy the life of thepeasant, who is in balance with thethree values of the THK: to worshipGod, to love his family and livetogether with the people in hisbanjar, and to harvest the rice fieldand respect the integrity of the earth.

I do not doubt that this experiencewill be an eye-opener for all thosetourists who come to Bali and stayin a wonderful hotel along the beach.Specialized in tourism I would saythat CBT belongs to tourism ingeneral and that Bali needs todevelop CBT to present itself to theworld as a center of spirituality. Thesecret for this hot spot of spiritualityis the balance between the threeelements of THK and by neglectingCBT, Bali would undermine thisphilosophy. To position Bali as oneof the few places of spirituality inthe world, the solidarity of allBalinese people is unconditional. Weneed the solidarity of both the poorpeople in the rural area and thesuccessful people in the luxurioushotels. The cooperation betweenhotels and villages will stress that allpeople on Bali work together as oneteam: a winning team.


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hopped Balinese spicesin combination withcoconut milk yields

typical flavor on chicken wings.This serving presents bothtenderness of flesh and delicacy ofchicken broth until the end. Ofcourse, this nice yellow servingcan enrich the treasures of flavorbeing similar to chicken curry.

Ingredients: 250 g chicken wing,500ml coconut milk

Turmeric Chicken Wing:

Strong Flavorin Balinese Simplicity

Ground spices: 1 slice turmeric,1 slice ginger, ½ tsp coriander, ½tsp pepper powderChopped spices: 4 cloves shallot,3 cloves garlic, 1 small chili, 1 largechili, 1 slice galangal and 1 slicearomatic gingerOthers: palm oil to fryMethod:· Cleanse thoroughly the

chicken wings. Fry them untilturning brown and take out.

· Stir-fry the ground spices by

2 tbsp of cooking oil. Add thechopped spices and stirevenly. Add coconut milk andkeep on stirring so it will notcurdle.

· Put the chicken wings into theblend of spices on the panwhile continuously stirring.

· Let the coconut milk diminish.Take out and the chicken wingis ready to serve along with itsbroth.

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n countryside life, manyvegetables grow at thesurroundings. Some are

cultivated, while some others growwildly. At a glance, life looks easier

Candung leaf with peanut:

Exploring the Past Green Delight

as many ingredients can beobtained without the necessity tospend money. For instance,candung or bijou taro is a speciesof taro ordinarily growing on wet

land and uncultivated. Size of itsleaf is small and has purple stalk.Its leaf can be made into vegetableserving added with peanut andwinged bean (kecipir). This one isa past treasure of Balinese foodrarely known by the currentgeneration.

Ingredients: 1 handful candungleaf, 100gr peanut and 3 pieces ofwinged bean (cut short crosswise)Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 clovesgarlic, 1 small chili, 2 candlenut, 1slice ginger, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slicearomatic ginger, 1 stalklemongrass (finely sliced),Others: 1 tsp water of tamarindpaste, 1 tsp salt and 2 tbsp gratedcoconut, 1000ml waterMethod:• Cleanse the candung leaf and

drain well.• All spices are ground finely.

Then, boil the water and put thewhole candung leaf into thewater along with peanut andwinged bean. Wait until theyare half- done.

• Add the ground spices, salt andwater of tamarind paste and stir

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Eddy Dharma Putra, last Saturday(Aug 21), said that in addressingthe travel advisory of Australia,Organda Bali had endeavored totake synergic measures with theBali Tourism Board (BTB) in thecontext of service improvementand imaging of taxi transportationin Bali.

It was disclosed that OrgandaBali regretted very much the taxichaotic disputes happened recentlyin Bali. Such taxi disputes occurredin a tourism area of Denpasar.

ccording to the Regentof Badung, thedevelopment of those

villages constituted theimplementation of the triple trackplus-plus strategy, namelyeconomic growth, especially inrural communities (pro-growth),reducing poverty (pro-poor),creating employment (pro-jobs),maintaining sanitation andenvironmental sustainability (pro-environment) and to preservecultural values (pro-culture).

The regent also said that tobuild the capacity of rural

Organda and BTB Synergize:

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Travel advisory issued bythe Australian government

on account of taxi disputeshappened earlier in Bali

became a serious slap forBali land transportation

organization (Organda) andtaxi operators in Bali.

Even, the taxi disputes triggered theissuance of travel advisory byAustralian government.

Meanwhile, Organda had askedthe taxi operators in Bali not torepeat the actions kindling anychaos as previously. All aspirationsof taxi operators could be

communicated to the governmentwithout necessarily followed byhazardous and anarchical actions.Such an action made the securityof Bali not conducive and causedtourists afraid of visiting Bali.

Explained, to address theAustralian travel advisory, Organda

had asked all taxi operators in Balito make an internal improvement.All taxi vehicles were required tocarry out their duties with the bestservice.

Organda with the governmenthad taken the coaching measures tothe existing taxi operators in Bali.The focus of guidance included inthe legality of operations andimprovement of services. “Withgood service it is expected touristscould conveniently use the existingtaxi vehicles in Bali,” he said.

It was also exposed that taxioperators were required to provideguarantee of comfort to everysingle passenger, including touristsas the users of taxi service. Thisservice improvement was expectedto consequently bring positiveimaging in accordance with thegovernment appeal.

Furthermore, it was said that tofix the image of taxi transportationservices, Organda Bali had askedfor the support of the tourismbusinesspeople coalesced into themembers of Bali Tourism Board(BTB). BTB could deliver relevantinformation related to the

revamping carried out by taxivehicles following the taxi disputespreviously.

It was affirmed that Organdaand BTB would take synergicmeasures for addressing theissuance of travel advisory by theAustralian government. Organdawould make internal improvementefforts while BTB as an associationof tourism stakeholders in Baliwould undertake externalimprovement.

Meanwhile, Eddy DharmaPutra added that externalrevamping involved the correctionof information related to theprevious taxi disputes anddelivered the improvementendeavors undertaken by the taxioperators after the disputes. Then,external improvement carried outby Organda with taxi operators andBTB’s efforts was to providecorrect explanation to therepresentatives of Australiangovernment. At least, it couldbecome a consideration for theAustralian government to withdrawthe travel advisory issuedpreviously. (BTN/BB)

Badung Regent

Development of TourismVillage as Implementation of

Triple Track Plus strategy

Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung handed over the government’sresponse to Factional General Perspective of Badung House

Development of potentialvillages as a tourism village in

Badung will becomealternative tourism in the

future of Badung and Bali.This was conveyed by the

Regent of Badung A.A. GdeAgung in the plenary session

of Badung House,not long ago.

communities especially withrespect to their understandingabout the seven charms becomingthe icon of Bali and Indonesiantourism. On that account, thedevelopment of tourism villageprogram would also haveimplication to the efforts inrealizing the ‘Clean and HealthyBehavior’ of people in rural areas.

Today, through the BadungGovernment Tourism Office ithad been prepared a number ofvillages that would serve as pilotprojects including thedevelopment of tourism villagesuch as Plaga Village(Nungnung), Kiadan, KerthaVillage, Pangsan Village, SangehVillage, Bongkasa Pertiwi Village,Baha Village, Kapal, MungguVillage and other villages in NorthBadung region having the charmthat could be made into touristattractions, including agrotourismthat has evolved in Petangsubdistrict.

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ccording to MangkuPastika, by means ofonline services, the

income could be maximized.Meanwhile, if collected in person,the leakage possibility was high,while in the online system it wouldbe handled by machine objectively.He said that everywhere around theworld people had implementedonline systems. “So there’s noreason to reject the implement ofonline system,” he said.

It was also affirmed that themoney of tax belonged toconsumers, not the money of

Online Hotel and Restaurant Taxto Prevent Revenue Deviation

entrepreneurs. “It was justdeposited to the entrepreneur. Onthat account, employers must payit. Otherwise, it is called a fraud,”said Governor Pastika.

Even though there has been alaw governing that PHR taxcollectors violating the rules couldbe imposed with sanctions, it wasstill very difficult to investigate andprove. This happened because the

All regencies and citiesthroughout Bali should apply

online taxation service to hotelsand restaurants (PHR). This

endeavor is intended to reduce therevenue leakage. Thus, Governor

of Bali Mangku Pastika revealedafter the plenary session of Bali

House in Denpasar, last Thursday(Aug 19).

tax value was based on thereporting made by the companies.

“I think taxpayers have noobjection to such a system becauseevery room’s tenant and customerseating at restaurant are obliged topay taxes amounting to 10 percent,”he continued.

Likewise, Mangku Pastika saidthat implementation of onlinesystem would make easier incalculating the daily PHR revenue.Similarly, employers would nolonger need to calculate their tax atthe end of the month that shouldbe paid to the local revenue officebecause it had been recorded everyday.

When asked further about howmuch percent the leakage level ofPHR was, Governor MangkuPastika said he did not specify thatfar. Obviously, he said, there wereindications of leakage. It could beseen from the reporting of PHRcollection, with the condition andreality in the field. (BTN/015)

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Treking in Plagathere are many different kinds ofplants and crops that we can meet.In detail, the tracking activitybegins at Banjar Kiadan pavilion todo breakfast or lunch depending onthe time set to start the trackingitself. Then proceed to the inn as aplace to stay for the tourists. Notfar from the inn, there is a buildingthat is used to store coffee beans.If we go farther we will find theplantation that stretched widevariety of plants contained in them.

When we are entering theplantation, we will be greeted bysome herbal plants arranged neatly,then passed to the area of chayotewhich grows fertile. Farther then

we will arrive in an area with amajority of bamboo plants that areembedded. Then spin a little bit wewill find garden full of oranges andpapayas. From that place, we willhave two options, continue thetracking or back to the inn. If wewant to continue then there aremany more interesting things thatwe can find.

With such a vast plantationareas, beautiful scenery, beautifulsurroundings and all naturalresources within it then this is agood and very interesting trackingarea which can be served as anotheroption of tourism in North Badungregion. (BTN/Angga/Dewa)

laga is a village located inBali, exactly in the regionof North Badung. The

village is rich in natural resourcesand the potential of tourism is alsopromising. Many things can beexplored there. Besides severaltourist attractions such as PuncakMangu and Tukad BangkungBridge which called the highest inall of Asia, in this area there is alsoan area that can be used for trackingwhich of course will be veryinteresting for tourists who loveadventure and outdoor sportsactivities.

The tracking path to be followedis through the plantation where

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ince 4:00 am Local Time,all participants had beenready to follow the

challenge of fishing denoting aremarkably prestigious competitionfor fishing hobbyists. Ketut GedeYogi Santika, the Coordinator ofSVF Fishing Tournament, said thenumber of participants this yearwas far more than that of last year.Yogi, who is also known as aprofessional angler, added that theweather condition this year wasunfriendly and hard to predict.

He said further that the windflowed very fast and very hard, butsuch condition did not discouragethe intention of participants tofollow the fishing contest. If theparticipant in the last year

Fishing Tournament of Sanur Village Festival71 traditional boats and 156 participants

The event of Sanur VillageFestival (SVF) 2010 taking

place on August 4—8 left thefishing tournament program

that had to be postponed dueto bad weather condition.Last Sunday (Aug 22), the

competition was held in thesea between Sanur and Nusa

Penida. It was followed by156 participants and 72

traditional boats or jukungs.

amounted to 144 persons, this yearincreased to 156 persons. “Manyparticipants could not come on theday because the encountered theproblem of airline tickets. If allparticipants were present perhapsthe number will be even more,” hesaid.

In the meantime, Ida BagusSidhartha Putra, Chairman of theSVF Committee on the weighingsession of the fish catches said therecent event went through a veryheavy challenge as participantsshould face a less friendly weatherfactor. Gusde, as he is familiarlygreeted, provided a very highappreciation to all participants offishing tournament showing a veryunusual enthusiasm to follow thetournament held by SVF.

According to him, Sanur had amaritime potential particularlyfishing sports that could be takenadvantage for another agenda ofother international tournaments.Sanur along with its great potentialwas ready to become a touristdestination, especially for fishinghobbyists.

Gusde further explained that thefishing tournament event usingtraditional boat constituted astrategic measure of the boatempowerment owned by localfishermen community of Sanur.

Aside from being used to catchfish, such traditional boat could alsobe empowered as a means of

fishing. In other words, there was asynergy between tourism andeconomic empowerment for coastalcommunities directly.

The winnersHaving struggled bitterly

against the monsters of fish and thesea waves of Sanur, it was finallyobtained an overall champion andalso the first champion, namelyPutu Salya Tanaya, whoimplemented the trollingtechniques and could catch gianttrevally weighing 16.10 kg. Secondplace was achieved by MadeMustika applying trollingtechnique and caught giant trevallyweighing 14. 2 kg, and in the thirdplace, I Kadek Arnaya usingtrolling techniques as well gotbarracuda weighing 10.68 kg.

Coordinator of the FishingTournament, Yogi, stated that theSVF Fishing Tournament appliedsome techniques such as jigging,trolling and popping. Meanwhile,the prizes prepared for competitiontotally amounted to IDR 22 millionwith details that the first winnerdeserved to get IDR 10 million,IDR 5 million for the second winnerand IDR 3 million for the thirdwinner. Then, for the winner ofspecies and the best captain categoryrespectively got IDR 500 thousand.In addition, they were also entitledto receive a trophy.

(BTN/BB)

Bali Named The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific 2010ecision of Bali Provincial Government to develop and maintainthe culture-based tourism in Bali inspired by Hinduism is reallyno more in doubt. With the slogan of tourism for Bali and not

vice versa Bali for tourism, the policy anchored by the predecessor ofBali tourism should be able to motivate all stakeholders in tourism ofBali in a sense of pride and steady in their belief in choice, because theattention and respect of society in the world progressively increases.

Having successfully attained the predicate as The Best Island in TheWorld from Travel+Leisure magazine published in the United States for9 (nine) times in succession—in the period of 2001-2009, as The BestSpa Destination 2009 from a tourism magazine published in Germany,

and a number ofo t h e rpredicates, inthis year 2010Bali is named asThe BestL e i s u r eDestination inAsia Pacific byreaders ofB u s i n e s sT r a v e l e rm a g a z i n epublished inHong Kong.

Head of theB a l iG o v e r n m e n tTourism Office(Diparda), IdaB a g u sSubhiksu, saidthe award wasreceived for thefirst time byB a l i .Notification onthe election ofBali as The BestL e i s u r eDestination inAsia Pacific2010 wassubmitted inwriting by theM a n a g i n gDirector ofB u s i n e s sT r a v e l e rm a g a z i n e ,Peggy Teo tothe Bali

Tourism Board (BTB). Since BTBis subsidiary of Diparda Bali,Chairman of the BTB, I.B. NgurahWijaya delivered such a notice tothe Head of Diparda Bali.

It was unknown what criteriaused for the assessment becausePeggy Teo just informed thepredicate of Bali as The BestLeisure Destination in Asia Pacific2010 attributed by BusinessTraveler magazine after organizinga poll to its readers for three monthsfrom April to June 2010. Subhiksuhad not knownwhich tourismd e s t i n a t i o n srivaled Bali in thepolls. However,according toS u b h i k s u ,presentation ofthe award wasscheduled to beheld on October10, 2010 in theConrad Hotel,Hong Kong.

Ancestral cultureLast year, the

B e r l i nI n t e r n a t i o n a lBourse (ITB)named Bali asThe Best SpaDestination in theWorld. The awardwas received byMinister ofCulture andTourism of theRI, Jero Wacik.One of thereasons why Baliwas named asThe Best SpaDestination in theWorld was thatBali remained topreserve theheritage ofancestral culturew h o s eapplication wascombined withthe latest researchp r o c e e d i n g s .Moreover, thet e r m i n o l o g ypertaining toB a l i n e s etraditional spa,such as boreh andlulur had beenr e c o g n i z e dinternationally.

Meanwhile,

the award as The best Island in theWorld, the triumph of Bali was dueto the high scores extended by thereaders of Travel + Leisuremagazine around the world on fourof the ten parameters of theevaluation such as (1) condition ofnature and outdoor activities; (2)music and night life: (3) food andbeverages; (4) arts and culture; (5)social and dating scene; (6) livingcost; (7) education; (8) health;accommodation andenvironmental awareness.

Among the ten parameters of thevaluation, Bali was superior in thecriteria like nature and outdooractivities obtaining a perfect score10 (ten), the accommodation alsoreceived the score 10 (ten), then artsand culture (9) and the cost of living(8). Scores obtained from otherparameters ranged from 5 (five) to7 (seven), and the total score for Baliwas 73 (seventy three).

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ACROSS: 1 Twig; 2 Word Per Minute; 6 Distant; 9 Single; 10 AutomatedTeller Machine; 11 A country in South Asia; 12 Fundamental; 13 Leafused as salad; 14 Tropical seedy fruit; 17 Nurture; 20 Gate; 21 Prairie;24 Sour; 26 Intensive Care Unit; 27 Recede; 28 Rabbit; 30 One of thefarmer’s enemy; 33 Long-legged bird; 35 Capital of Japan; 38 Rice stillin the husk; 41 Pear-shaped fruit having large stone and edible flesh;42 Predatory incursions; 43 Balinese irrigation system; 44 Debt,obligation; 45 Greek Goddess of dawn; 46 Wild plants; 47 Save andRescue; 48 Provided with edge.

DOWN: 1 Move back and forth; 2 Gods of the rain; 3 A bear-like arborealAustralian animal; 4 Climate; 5 Grows up; Yellowish-brown; 7 Old-Aged,Survivor, and Disability Insurance; 8 Prima …., a Latin expressionmeaning at first sight; 15 Unidentified Flying Object; 16 Type of plant;18; Kind of popular coffee; 19 Scientific (Abbr.); 20 Diploma in PublicHealth; 21 Glue; 22 Asian Broadcasting Union; 23 Watch; 25 Denpasar(3-letter abbreviation); 29 Previously; 31 A mollusk with eight sucker-bearing arms; 32 Tool used to spray; 34 Independent (abbr.); 35 Toss;35 Used to cut; 37 Sanctuary; 38 Group, entourage; 39 Remove insect;40 Put a yoke on (past participle). (BTN/punia)

We take thisopportunity to show offthat in reality Bali is

very famous for its touristdestination in the world along witha variety of exotic arts and culturecoupled with natural beauty.Buleleng as a region located in thenorth most of Bali covers nearlytwo-third of Bali’s territory. It hasa lot of tourism potential that canbe developed by the Governmentof Buleleng Regency. Hopefully,tourists coming to Bali andBuleleng in particular couldexplore and gain new experiencesabout the allure of northern Balithrough this event,” Bagiadaexplained.

The mission to establishmaritime route of tourism sail rallyhas been realized. Such tourism

Sail Indonesia 2010 as the Biggest Asian Regatta

route is from Kupang to Saumlakiand Batam participated byhundreds of yachts from more than20 countries worldwide.

In this Sail Indonesia 2010,participants will be taken to visitseveral new destinations such asNdao Rote, Sabu, East Sumba,Southwest Sumba and Bau Bau.Similarly, Sail Indonesia 2010 ties22 regencies and cities inIndonesia, while Lovina Beach inBuleleng Regency is the only onemeeting point existing in the BaliProvince in the maritime event ofSail Indonesia 2010.

Sail Indonesia event isorganized in the series of anotherworld rally. It is based on theclimate and the right wind directionas well as the needs of the sailormaking the voyage from Australiato Asia as the largest regatta in theAsian event. Additionally, SailIndonesia is expected to become anational event and encourage themaritime passion in all walks of

Indonesian people as well asassociated with Maritime Policyprogrammed by the CentralGovernment.

Meanwhile, the Head ofBuleleng Cultural and TourismServices (Disbudpar) Putu TastraWijaya said that his party expressedsincere gratitude and welcomed toall participants of Sail Indonesia2010 to Buleleng Regency.Buleleng is situated in northern Balispread on the extent of 1,370 km2among the eight regencies and citythroughout Bali. Granted with anatural and wonderful beauty, quietsandy beaches, green tropical rainforest and simple community, thismaritime event would be expectedto introduce the entire beauty ofBuleleng.

Even, Tastra explained thatduring the four days (Sep 22-25) ofSail Indonesia 2010, variousactivities would be held to welcomeand give impression to allparticipants coming to Buleleng. It

would be commenced byregistration of participants anddinner at Lovina Beach (Sep 22),followed by a cooking class on thesecond day (Sep 23) at BarracudaRestaurant in the morning, while inthe afternoon participants would beentertained with a variety of localart and cultural performancescentered at Lovina Beach. In thethird day, (Sep 24) participantswould be invited to have an half-day excursion to existingdestinations in Buleleng, rangingfrom Lovina - Anyar Market –Gedong Kirtya Museum - MonkeyForest (Tamblingan) - TamblinganLake - Gesing Village (Lunch +Gesing performance) - Banjar HotSpring - and back to Lovina fromthe morning. Then, in the eveningparticipants would be entertainedby a puppet shadow and on the lastday (Sep 25) the entertainmentpresented would be traditional bullrace at Kaliasem Village andfarewell party for the participants

Implementation of theInternational Sail Rally

implemented since 2003 isincreasingly favored by many

world participants and the SailIndonesia 2010 poses a

performance in the InternationalSail Rally in this beloved countryfor the eighth time or year, whilefor Lovina, Buleleng Regency, itis the fourth time as the meeting

point of Sail Indonesia.Government of Buleleng Regencyin this Sail Indonesia 2010 makes

cooperation with Cinta BahariFoundation, Indonesia Hotel andRestaurant Association (PHRI) of

Buleleng Regency. “We arepleased to welcome the

participants of Sail Indonesia2010 for the fourth time at theMeeting Point, Lovina Beach,

Buleleng, in the Indonesia’slargest maritime event,” said the

Regent of Buleleng Putu Bagiada.

of Sail Indonesia 2010 at Lovinabeach.

Bali, particularly the NorthernBali actually has a special potentialas a stopover point. On thataccount, it is required to build afacility in the form of tourismharbor. The existence of tourismharbor will enable the world sailorsto have a stopover here during thelow season from December toMarch.

Even, according to theparticipants the amount of yachtpassing through the Indonesianwaters reaches two to threethousand every year. Therefore, thestopover at Lovina, BulelengRegency is expected to become ameans of reference for LocalGovernment in developing andtaking advantage of theopportunity. It is stronglysupported by the characteristics ofBali, infrastructure, geography andlocation. Buleleng Regencycurrently becomes a specialdestination because the availabilityof supplies for the participants,international airport and visaextension services.

Meanwhile, the presence of SailIndonesia is expected to become areference of informal education forthe general public, pupils andstudents in many ways such asshipping technology, shipbuilding,navigation, communications andshipping infrastructure, shippingperipheral, as well as greatness ofIndonesian maritime achievementreached during the golden period ofMajapahit and Sriwijaya Kingdomcould be revived, particularlyamong the younger generation, inthe more applicable context oftourism, industry and economicimpact. (BTN/014)

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Enjoy the Experience as the Locals Do

ali is one of the most populartourism objects. It is well knownaround the world as island which

has unique cultures, many magnificentviews and hospitality of the people. MissKathrin Minkel is one of the tourists whoexperienced that by herself. It was her firstvisit to this Island. She stayed for twelvedays and visited many place such as TanahLot, Mother Temple, the north and westsides of Bali. Her eye was spoiled byamazing views in Bali. Everything about Baliwas like a ‘spell’ and she admired thebeauty.

Among all those compliments aboutBali, there is a single complaint. Shecomplained about beach sanity. “It wasuncomforting when I saw plastic which flewwhile I was enjoying my time at the beach,”she said when Bali Travel News asked hercomment about the beach. In this case,people awareness have an importantantrole in tourism in Bali.

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Miss Kathrin Minkel:

‘Spelled’ by the Balinese Beauty er second visit to Balimakes some memorablethings to be remembered.

Get the first experience about Baliin 4 years ago, she come back nowwith new spirit to travelling aroundBali with her husband. “Bali is abeautiful island, with warm and kindpeople to be always remembered,”said this German tourist. On her firstvisit to Bali, she visited Kuta,Laguna, Lovina beach and CandiDasa, and now, she wants toexplore Bali especially Sanur. Theother place that she wants toexplore in Bali are Nusa Dua andTanjung Benoa, she knows theseplaces from her friends.

“Kuta is too crowded now, not like 4 yearsago, too many people and garbage on thebeach,” said this traveler woman. That’s whyshe doesn’t want to go to Kuta again in hertrip now. “I want to relax my mind and mysoul, I want a quite place far away fromcrowds,” she said. In her 3 weeks holiday,she spends her time in the off shore of SanurBeach Hotel and enjoys some soft drink fromthe cafeteria that already waiting for the guestwho wants to spend their time to relax theirmind and soul in off shore. The most favorite

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activity in the paradise island for Mrs. Gabbyis the water sport especially the diving activity.What about the food? The food that she likesmost is the Mexican food and the Mongolianfood that already obliged in the hotel.

In her opinion, Bali was already perfect andwill be much better if the traffic jam like in Kutacould be prevented by the government andalso the garbage that she doesn’t like was thebig issue for the tourism in Bali, especially inKuta.

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