Bali Travel News

Consumption of electricity in Bali is very insufficient. Moreover, Bali as a world tourism destination needs to be backed up by great power supplies. On that account, Bali needs to build an independent electrical energy that can realize the prosperity of society and create sustainable development of Bali. It can be resolved by optimizing the use of renewable energy such as water, wind, and solar that is appropriate for generating electricity.

Association of Indonesian Travel Agent (ASITA) of Bali Chapter supports the existence of Integrated Agricultural System (Simantri) as agrotourism attractions on the island. “The existence of Simantri as a tourist attraction will reproduce alternative choices for tourists to enjoy holidays in Bali. Therefore, we thoroughly support it,” said Deputy Chairman of ASITA Bali, Putu Ardana, in Denpasar recently.

He revealed, having a promenade among the Arabica coffee trees and orange trees growing abundantly in the middle of the garden belonging to residents of Catur and Blantih Village, Kintamani, Bangli Regency, posed a really pleasant excursion.

Domestic and foreign tourists using the facility of star hotels in Bali during the May 2010 reached the average of 3.23 days. This figure decreased 0.45 percent if compared to April period reaching an average of 3.68 days.

Head of Bali Central Agency of Statistics, Ida Komang Wisnu, recently said the decline in length of stay of tourists occurred in 1-star hotels (1.01 percent), 4-star hotels (0.83 percent) and 5-star hotels (0.85 per cent). Meanwhile, for 2-star hotels and 3-star hotels respectively rose 1.33 percent and 0.06 percent.

Immediately, Badung Government Regency will establish an electronic procurement service (LPSE) in the effort to increase transparency and accountability in the implementation of goods and services procurement carried out electronically (e-Procurement).

This matter was affirmed by the Assistant of Economic and Development Affairs, Secretariat of Badung Regency, I Wayan Suambara, during a working visit of Badung Regency Government to the Goods and Services Procurement Agency (LKPP) Jakarta, last Tuesday (Jun 8).

The biggest problem for tourism destinations is the matter of traffic congestion and litter. Bali Provincial Government targeted Bali in the year 2013 will be free from plastic waste. Such assertion was made by the Head of Bali Environmental Agency (BLH), AA Gede Alit Sastrawan, after holding a talk show, last Thursday (Jul 8).

Sastrawan declared that his party had promoted a campaign of Bali free from plastic waste. “This has been a collective commitment between the provincial government, regency government/municipality across Bali, stakeholders and the entire community to make Bali clean, healthy, beautiful, green and sustainable. The first thing becoming the focus is to liberate Bali from plastic waste in 2013,” he said.