ASEAN TRAVEL FORUM
By Luc Citrinot, Etn Senior Editor Asia (in Brunei)
Indonesia can look back with satisfaction to its 2009 tourism performance.
Bali
By Leyla Arsan
Three school girls in Bali.
Tune Hotels Denies Its Polluting Water Tables In Bali
The controversy surrounding reports in the local press that the recently-opened Tune Hotel on Jalan Ciung Wanara, Kuta, in Bali is contaminating local water supplies continued to boil.
Natural Phenomenon
Bali's famous Kuta Beach front is being despoiled, once again, by hundreds of dead fish or Ikan lemuru (Sardinella longiceps).
Professor Urges Bali To Stay Loyal To Its Roots
According to respected Indonesian elder statesman, Prof. Dr.
Alila Villas Soori Set To Open
By eTN Staff Writer
West Bali has, for the longest time, been Bali’s best-kept secret.
Indonesia
By eTN Staff Writer
BALI (eTN) – SKAL International president Hulya Aslantas visited Bali to honor Bali’s 150-member SKAL club as the largest club in southeast Asia.
Bali
By eTN Staff Writer
The Ubud Hotels Association (UHA) is promoting Ubud as a green destination with a series of charitable and environmental activities, as well as hosting a seminar.
Bali Scandal
By balidiscovery.com
As reported on balidiscovery.com, state auditors recently uncovered the misappropriation of Rp.
Swine Flu in Bali
By Balidiscovery.com
Bali's transparency and aggressive steps to thwart the spread of "swine flu" or the H1N1 Virus are worthy of praise.
Indonesia Tourism Under Threat
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer
It has been four years since Indonesia experienced any terrorist attacks against tourism facilities.
Indonesia Tourism
Authorities in Bali raised the province’s security alert to its highest level in response to the bombings on Friday morning at the JW Marriott Hotel and Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Jakarta that left ...
Bali Tourism
By Balidiscovery.com
DenpPost reports that 44 immigration officials are now being examined by the Anti-Corruption Board (BPK) in connection with the suspected embezzlement of Rp.
Swine Flu in Bali
By Balidiscovery.com
At least four foreign visitors suffering from the H1N1 Virus have been warded briefly at the Denpasar Sanglah General Hospital's isolation ward.
Swine Flu in Australia
By David Beirman, eTN crisis expert
Since my last eTN article on this issue a few short weeks ago, there have been some worrying developments in Australia.
Bali Eco-tourism
By Reinhard Hohler, eTN Ambassador
Eco-tourism is a modern niche market product, which will grow even in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Indonesia
DENPASAR - Authorities in Bali are tightening control over the inflow of tourists, particularly foreign ones, at each of the gates into the Indonesian tourist resort province of Bali, Indonesia's ...
Indonesia
By Reinhard Hohler
H.E. Mr. Jero Wacik, Minister of Culture & Tourism, is one of the patrons of
the Third South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and
Bali
By Reinhard Hohler
The Indonesian island of Bali is already a long time well-known as one of the
best and most exciting tourist destination of the world. The latest piece of
Bali
China is set to become one of Bali's biggest contributors to the tourism industry following a significant surge in the number of Chinese tourists who visited the resort island over the last couple ...
Bali Tourism
By balidiscovery.com
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 ...
Singapore Flu
By Balidiscovery.com
In an effort to control a regional outbreak of severe influenza known as Singapore Flu, officials at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport installed a thermal scanner Monday, April 20, 2009.
By Balidiscovery.com
Speaking at a Bali conference to eliminate child sex tourism practices, the Director General of Social Rehabilitation and Social Services of the Indonesian Department of Social Services, Makmur ...
Child Sex Tourism in Southeast Asia
By Nelson Alcantara
The three-day Southeast Asia Conference on Child Sex Tourism ended on Friday, March 20, 2009 in Bali, Indonesia with a declaration by 205 participants identifying the current challenges and a plan ...
Avian Flu
By Balidiscovery.com
Additional cases of bird flu have now been discovered in the Banyubiru area of Negara in Bali.
Russians in Bali
By Balidiscovery.com
The Russian ambassador to Indonesia, Alexander A. Ivanov, has appointed a honorary consul to represent his republic in Bali.
Indonesian Tourism Arrivals
By Balidiscovery.com
Indonesian Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has announced that the total number of foreign tourists that came to Indonesia in 2008 reached 6.43 million.
Bali Tourism
By Balidiscovery.com
The Indonesian-language daily Kompas sounded a dire warning of impending disaster for Bali's tourism fortunes in its coverage of a seminar hosted by Bali Tourism Friends (BTF) in Kuta on Friday, ...
Indonesia Tourism
By Balisdiscovery.com
The following article by Andrea Wisnu, the Bali correspondent for The Jakarta Post, appeared in the Wednesday, January 28, 2009 edition of that newspaper:
Bali Tax Reduction
By balidiscovery.com
Both Indonesian news agencies Tempo Interactive and the Jakarta Post quote Indonesian hotel and restaurant business people as calling on the government to urgently reduce the 300 percent luxury ...
