Government Threatens to Close Illegal Bali Villas

(4/11/2008) Nusa Bali reports that the "cleansing" of hundreds of villas operating as unlicensed business continues apace, with about 6 villas receive visits from my department of multiple inspection teams every workday. With the latest deadline of August 29, 2008 for completion of permits looms ahead, the newspaper reports that hundreds of villages will soon face closure. The Head of the Secretariat of Tourism of the Badung Regency, Drs. I Subawa,...

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Bali Tourism Calls for Open Skies to Bali

(4/12/2008) Bisnis Bali reports that the Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB), Ida Bagus Nurjaya has called on the government to "open the taps wide" and allow access to foreign airlines Bali if current plans to increase the size of the island in the tourism sector are to succeed.According to Nurjaya, the continuation of financial problems and security problems faced by Garuda Indonesia, and the haphazard development of domestic aviation sector...

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