Denpasar, Bali - Bali tourist agencies need to make preparations to welcome Sun Princess a highly luxurious tourist ship with a total of 2,342 passengers, not to mention a crew of 814, which is scheduled to call at Bali in May 2010.
The preparations need to include improvement of Benoa port and supporting facilities, and transportation from the port to various destinations, head of Bali`s education and training of SIPCO (Society of Indonesian Professional Congress Organizers) Ni Made Eka Mahadewi said here Sunday.
She made the statement in response to a meeting of the Marketing Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism with all-Bali regents, tourist officials, the transportation agency, and many other relevant government and private institutions in charge of building a pier, at the Bali Governor`s office recently.
This year Bali will also be visited by Australian yachts with 22 visits and a total of 32,692 passengers, Costa Crociere with 28 visits and 28,572 passengers, and Seabourn with four visits with 1,298 passengers.
The planned visits by a number of tourist ships and yachts with thousands of passengers will significantly raise the number of foreign tourists to Bali, which last year has received more than two million foreign tourists. (*)
Source: http://www.antaranews.com
The preparations need to include improvement of Benoa port and supporting facilities, and transportation from the port to various destinations, head of Bali`s education and training of SIPCO (Society of Indonesian Professional Congress Organizers) Ni Made Eka Mahadewi said here Sunday.
She made the statement in response to a meeting of the Marketing Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism with all-Bali regents, tourist officials, the transportation agency, and many other relevant government and private institutions in charge of building a pier, at the Bali Governor`s office recently.
This year Bali will also be visited by Australian yachts with 22 visits and a total of 32,692 passengers, Costa Crociere with 28 visits and 28,572 passengers, and Seabourn with four visits with 1,298 passengers.
The planned visits by a number of tourist ships and yachts with thousands of passengers will significantly raise the number of foreign tourists to Bali, which last year has received more than two million foreign tourists. (*)
Source: http://www.antaranews.com
