Denpasar, Bali - Foreign tourists visiting the Island of God, Bali, had increased 12 percent to 1.3 million in June 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, said Bali Tourism Observer Dewa Nyoman Putrawan. Most of the foreign tourists come to Bali to seek calmness which they can’t get in their own country, he said here Tuesday.
The condition is indicated by the number of the foreign tourists staying at hotels or villas on riversides or slope which are mostly found in the rural areas. Dewa mentioned that the tourist’s behavior has been changed since the 1980s. Foreign tourists used to stay at the holiday inn near the beach like Kuta, Sanur and Nusa Dua. Nowadays, they like to stay at the villas in the rural areas, which had changed the land function to the extent of 1,000 hectares every year.
I Wayan Munut is a pioneer of golf tour in Bali who built a hotel at Ayung River ravine in Kedewatan, 30 kilometers north of Denpasar and his idea is growing. Many tourists, both local and foreign, like to stay at quiet and peaceful inns of ravines which had caused priced to soar, even more expensive than in urban areas.
Dewa, who is experienced in guiding foreign tourists, remembered that the price of land at a ravine in the 1980s reached Rp. 175,000, 00 per hectare, but now it reached hundred of millions of rupiah per hectare. Therefore, it is not surprising that foreign businessmen bought land in valleys and ravines then built hotels not only for the local people but also for promotion overseas, he said.
Source: http://english.kompas.com
The condition is indicated by the number of the foreign tourists staying at hotels or villas on riversides or slope which are mostly found in the rural areas. Dewa mentioned that the tourist’s behavior has been changed since the 1980s. Foreign tourists used to stay at the holiday inn near the beach like Kuta, Sanur and Nusa Dua. Nowadays, they like to stay at the villas in the rural areas, which had changed the land function to the extent of 1,000 hectares every year.
I Wayan Munut is a pioneer of golf tour in Bali who built a hotel at Ayung River ravine in Kedewatan, 30 kilometers north of Denpasar and his idea is growing. Many tourists, both local and foreign, like to stay at quiet and peaceful inns of ravines which had caused priced to soar, even more expensive than in urban areas.
Dewa, who is experienced in guiding foreign tourists, remembered that the price of land at a ravine in the 1980s reached Rp. 175,000, 00 per hectare, but now it reached hundred of millions of rupiah per hectare. Therefore, it is not surprising that foreign businessmen bought land in valleys and ravines then built hotels not only for the local people but also for promotion overseas, he said.
Source: http://english.kompas.com
