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Bali and Beyond For All Indonesia Tourism Destinations

Bali is Indonesia’s tourism gateway. Tourists will vacation in Bali before exploring other Indonesia’s attractions. For that, Bali and Beyond program will be launched for the stretching of Indonesian tourism. “We will launch a program of Bali and Beyond,” said Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik.

Bali and Beyond program is a tourism program that is integrated between a tourism destination to other destinations in Indonesia. The program is also expected to distribute tourists to other areas.

“The target, tourists can visit evenly to other destinations in Indonesia other than Bali. Bali became a kind of terminal or central. Prior to other regions in Indonesia, tourists come to Bali first,” said Wacik. » Read more..

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Pelangi Bali Kite Festival 2011

Pelangi Bali Kite Festival 2011 was held back. Hundred of legendary kites in Bali soon splitting the sky island. Kite festival was held over three days, from 29 to 31 July 2011 in Padanggalak Beach, Sanur, Denpasar.

Mentioned, the sky will be decorated around 1080 Bali kites in various shapes and varieties. Legendary kite in Bali, including Pecukan (leaf shape), Bebean (fish), Janggan (tail length up to 100 meters), and the kite creations. The festival is themed Playing Kites in Green Island.

Chairman Pelangi Bali I Gusti Putu Rai Andayana said, before the festival, the organizers do religious ceremonies, to invoke the wind blew hard during the event. » Read more..

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Luxury Meeting Accommodation at Bedugul Botanical Garden Bali

In addition to recreation, Bedugul Botanical Garden is also ideal for holding meetings, seminars, or training. At holidays season, the Botanical Gardens which is located in the Village Candikuning, Tabanan, is always crowded with visitors for recreation. On weekends or national holidays, the park covering about 147 hectares was crowded with visitors all day. There is a group of school students, company employees, or family recreation.

The entrance fee at the Botanical Gardens is Rp7000 per person. Differentiated parking fees for two-wheeled, four-wheel vehicle, and each bus Rp 3,000, Rp 6,000 and Rp 12,000. Once out of the car, visitors can relax in a variety of areas or corners of the garden beautiful, cool, and quiet. Bedugul Botanical Garden have a very spacious are, the manager allowed visitors to bring their cars go around. For this, visitors must pay Rp 12,000. Other tourist attractions are also available in Bedugul Botanical Gardens as
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Bali Ngaben Ceremony is One of World Most Wonderful Event

Ngaben ceremony, the burning bodies ceremony in Bali become one of most wonderful event in the world. The ceremony is the only one in this world effectively become a means of promoting tourism in Bali.

One of the spetakuler Ngaben ceremony is a ritual cremation of the late Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa on July 15, 2008. This ritual gets extensive media coverage from all corners around the world, from Africa, Europe, America, Australia and of course Asia.

News agencies and mass media proclaim the implementation of the various continents Balinese tradition as spectacular and colossal event. Amazingly almost all media containing photographs of cremations that are very beautiful, colorful, full of energy and charm. » Read more..

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Pilgrimage Tour for School Holiday

School holidays like today is perfect for pilgrimage tour with the kids. Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik appealed to children traveling in the country. “At least visited the tomb of Wali Songo, so they know the great scholars,” he said at a press cooperation agreement between the development of pilgrimage tourism and NU Kemenbudpar House Sapta Enchantment, Jakarta.

Kemenbudpar and cooperation between the Executive Board of the Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) to optimize the management of pilgrimage tourism potential in Indonesia. In case this is a breathing Islamic pilgrimage tour. One of them involves the participation and role of communities around tourist sites of pilgrimage. NU in this case the conduct of community development for the protection, development, and preservation of the tourist sites of pilgrimage. » Read more..

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Indonesian Coffee Tourism

Coffee Plantation was closely linked to tourism. Coffee plantations can be a tourism product. “Actually we have origin tour, so come to a coffee plantation. We’ve had guests from Australia, America, and Thailand. So could one day working with Kemenbudpar to develop a tourism product,” said Chief Judge and Chair of the Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia , Tuti Mochtar on Indonesian event Barista Competition 2011 for the regional finals in Jakarta in Jakarta Fx.

As told by Executive Director of Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia, Ina Murwani, producing areas is the famous coffee of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, and Flores. It’s just that the people of Indonesia at the level of consumption is still low-quality coffee. “In terms of quantity, sales in Indonesia are still less than the Australian.. Retail sales per month in Australia with a week in Indonesia,” said Adi Taroepratjeka, a jury consultant at the same time Indonesian Coffee Barista Competition 2011. » Read more..

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