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The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali makes Bali Island greener by planting 2000 mangroves at Serangan Beach on Thursday, 29 April 2010. This Care for Community initiative involved more than 200 employees from various departments led by the General Manager, Mr David Cuddon, Executive Committee members, Department Heads and many staffs. All enthusiast participants departed...

The island's business events properties improve offerings Nusa Dua Beach Hotel is to begin a room upgrade this year and is currently offering meeting packages for US$45 per person. The hotel has an abundance of outdoor beachside space ideal for off-site events and gala dinners under the stars. The hotel also features an amphitheatre that can host up to 900 people for standing cocktai...

Kompas.com reports that Bali's governor, Made Mangku Pastika, has rejected renovation plans advanced by Bali's airport managers, calling instead for a more Balinese design concept with greater emphasis on public as opposed to commercial spac...

Tourism authorities have asked immigration officers at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali to improve their visa on arrival service following complaints from foreign visito...

The popularity of Bali Island has for years translated into road congestion due not only to the multiplication of tourist busses but also the lack of parking facilities, of proper public transport, and the undisciplined behavior of most local drivers who park their vehicles at their convenience. All of these elements make circulation in Bali a nightma...

The Indonesian Pavilion attracted 20,000 visitors at the opening day on May 1. If Phileas Fogg and Passepartout need 80 days to travel the globe in Verne's classic Around the World in 80 Days to win £20,270 (US$30,000), we need less than that and less traveling once we are inside the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China. Located on a 5.28-square-kilometer plot of land, the 53rd expo features dozens...

Bali's cultural capital is enjoying a moment in the spotlight, having recently been voted Asia's best city destination. Here's our pick of the best-value homestays and hote...

Amandari will host a viewing of heritage films of Bali in conjunction with the French Cinémathèque of Dance and the Swedish Dance Museum.  The films focus on the theme of dance, with rarely-seen screenings of Rolf de Maré, a Swede who compiled outstanding footage of dance from Indonesia in the 1930s. Films will be screened in Kedewatan's village wantilan, or open-air meeting place,...

Balinese people do a mass slaughter thousands of pigs on the day PENAMPAHAN Galungan, a day before the Galungan holy day, Tuesday (11 / 5) morning.   "Thousands of pigs slaughtered at the same time it has been prepared since six months ago, so the needs of pigs in large numbers can be met from the local area, no longer bring in pigs from outside Bali, as in previous years," said Head of...

A day before the celebration of the holiday Galungan, Hindus in Bali was busy with preparations to welcome the day of victory over adarma or good darma against crime. Among them is to buy equipment such as flowers and prayers on special occasions. &nb...

National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia announced on Monday that it was ready to fill the void after ailing Japan Airlines canceled its routes to Bali this year. Kiyoshi Tanaka, a JAL representative in Bali, said on Monday that the bankrupt airline's massive restructuring had prompted it to cut less-profitable routes, including to Bali, which have already showed a decrease in passenger numbers....

03 HARI / 02 MALAM BALI PACKAGE TOUR Bali Classic Tour     HARI 01: TIBA DI DENPASAR . Tour Mengwi – Tanah LOT ( MS, MM) Setibanya di Airport Ngurah Rai Denpasar meeting service dan di hantar menuju Restaurant untuk Makan Siang. Kemudian Peserta akan diajak untuk mengunjungi Desa Mengwi yang terkenal dengan Pura Taman Ayun, kemudian Mengunjungi Hutan Monyet atau Alas Kedaton....

After the recent release of the controversial documentary trailer of Cowboys in Paradise, another risque movie filmed in Kuta has been posted on the Internet. Titled Koreana, the 22-minute film shows an uncensored oral sex scene between an Indonesian woman and a foreign man on a balcony of a hotel located on Jl. Pantai Kuta. The film begins with shots of tourists strolling along Kuta Beach as...

Cultural center Bentara Budaya Jakarta is showcasing an exhibition of pottery products from Bali's Pejaten craftsmen. The exhibition, titled "Habis Genteng Terbitlah Kodok" (After Roof Tiles Comes the Frog) was opened Tuesday May 4. The exhibition of pottery made by craftsmen Wayan Kuturan, I Made Durya and I Putu Oka Mahendra, will run until the end of the week. Pejaten is a village in Bali...

On of the charm Of Bali or Pulau Dewata is a beach. Bali island surrounded by sea and facing to Indian Ocean, making the island is rich with famous beaches all over the world. Just mention Kuta Beach, Sanur, Nusa Dua, Dreamland region Pecatu Indigenous Village, Bali, which has attracted local and foreign tourists. Sripo residing on the island of Bali, some time ago, 3-10 April 2010, the...

Directorate General of Marketing, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, took 18 players in the Bali tourism promotion in four cities in Australia, 16 to 25 May 2010. Bali as the Indonesian tourism relationship is expected to maximize the tourists visiting the "land of kangaroos" is to boost the national tourism.   Four cities are Perth, Melbourne, Darwin, and Syney. Promotion to four-city program...

The Pan Pacific Bali Nirwana Resort (BNR), owned by the family of millionaire Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie, and which recently merged with international hotel chain Pan Pacific, was basking in a heavenly sunset near the Tanah Lot Temple, 25 kilometers from Kuta. Mixed beauty: The Pan Pacific's Bali Nirwana Resort, located close to the famous Tanah Lot Temple, sports an international-standard...

The island of Bali is generally thought of as an island full of life. When and where death does encroach, it often becomes a spectacle of cremations and elaborate ceremonies.   One small part of Bali however upholds an unusual and apparently quite ancient tradition pertaining to death.Sitting at the edge of Lake Batur in Northern Bali is a small cemetery known as Trunyan, where people from...

An impressive and imposing entranceway seems to stand guard as you approach the Antonio Blanco Museum located on a hill known as Campuan, in Ubud, Bali. Passing under this archway, the entrance road rises up steeply and there is a real sense of approaching something special but also a little reclusive. Welcoming: The museum's mansion house looms large on Campuan Hill. JP/Simon Gower It is said...

KLUNGKUNG: A number of hotels and restaurants operating on Lembongan Island in Klungkung regency are suspected of dumping waste into Semarapura Beach. Klungkung Regent Tjok Gede Agung expressed concern over these allegations. "These acts would certainly threaten marine life," he was quoted as saying by the Bali Post daily on a visit to Nusa Penida and Lembongan islands. Agung said he frequently...

DENPASAR: The Bali Industry and Trade Agency has put forward plans to launch Bali-themed days in hotels in the province. Agency head Gede Darmaja said the agency would ask hotel managers to promote Balinese culture, cuisine and fashion once a month. "On the day, every hotel employee, for example, could wear traditional Balinese clothes and serve Balinese food," Darmaja said. The campaign is...

Head of Tourism Department of Badung regency, Bali, Made Subawa said it plans to conduct tourism promotion overseas, namely Korea and London. "This year we will do the promotion of tourism to Korea and London, as the two countries is very potential to bring citizens to the Island of the Gods, especially in Badung," said Made Subawa in Denpasar, on Wednesday (04/13/2010).Promotion to London will...

Taiwanese tourists who take a trip to Bali was recorded 13 444 people during February 2010 alone. That means increased 92.88 percent compared to February 2009 that only 6970 people.   They went to Bali through Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport with planes flying directly from Taiwan. During 2009, Taiwan tourists to Bali recorded 120 445 people, a decline of 7.67 percent over the previous year which...

Thousands of European tourists have cancelled their trips to Buleleng regency, North Bali, due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland that brought air traffic above Europe to a virtual standstill for almost a week. Dewa Ketut Suardipa, chairman of the Buleleng chapter of the Hotels and Restaurants Association said the cancellations had badly affected occupancy rates at star hotels in the Lovina...

Hearing the words of the museum, you must have imagined the things that history may be boring for some people. However, in Denpasar, Bali, there is a museum that it can make you smile and far from boring things.   You must be wondering whether it's the museum? Musem in question is the Cartoon Museum. From the name, you can imagine what would have been just the contents of the museum. Yes,...

Thailand's security situation was not conducive to an increasingly positive impact on the world tourism in Bali. A number of tourists to Thailand will now look for another destination and the island resort as one of their favorite alternative.   According Menbudpar Jero Wacik, since the unrest in Thailand burst, the level of tourist arrivals to Bali continues to increase. "An increasing...

BADUNG: Badung regency said it plans to revive its hotel and restaurant association, following a five-year absence. Perry Markus, the secretary of the Bali branch of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurant Association (PHRI), said Badung was a key tourist destination with hundreds of rated hotels, luxury restaurants and other tourist facilities. PHRI's Badung branch is important to providing a...

BADUNG: Badung regency got a new capital on Thursday after Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi officially inaugurated the regency's sprawling new administrative center and named it Mangupura. The center will serve as the regency's new capital city. The administrative center covers 46.6 hectares and cost Rp 470 billion to build. Its development was marred by controversy over the high cost as well as...

DENPASAR,  - Legong, one of Balinese classical dance has its own charm and is very popular overseas and domestic tourists while enjoying a holiday on the island. "Dance is very flexible, supple, with a dynamic motions presented by some very brilliant woman, either now or in the future," said AA Kusuma Ayu Arini SST Msi, a lecturer in the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) Denpasar, Monday (19...

Bali Tourism Board chairman Ngurah Wijaya sure, the emergence of a gigolo movie titled Cowboys in Paradise is very little impact on the tourism image of the island known as cultural tourism.   The image that the gigolo is one attraction for tourists Kuta Beach woman as depicted in the movie Cowboys in Paradise rebutted by Gusti Ketut Sudira, Bendesa Adat Kuta or Kuta Customary Village Head....

"I think people will still see that Bali is Bali with the main icon as the cultural and natural attractions. So, the influence of the film is very small for decreasing the image of Bali," he said in Denpasar, on Wednesday.   Nevertheless, he said, the problem remains to be seen as a valuable lesson because of the phenomenon of prostitution who used the guise of tourism, it could really happen...

UBUD: Alila Manggis in East Bali and Alila Ubud in Gianyar received the ASEAN Green Hotel Award for their commitment to supporting responsible tourism. The ASEAN Green Hotel Award is one of six ASEAN Tourism Standards considered essential for supporting ASEAN to become a world-class destination. The award is presented to hotels that measure up to 11 environmental and energy conservation criteria....

DENPASAR: Bali Hindu Center will be built on a 2-hectare plot near the Ganges River to allow visitors to learn more about the island's culture and religion. Indra Udayana from Ashram Gandhi Puri said the center would serve as a cultural and religious bridge connecting Balinese and Indian people. The Ganges is considered a sacred river in Hinduism. "Every year, millions of people visit the site...