http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/ Online edition of Bali's best selling English language newspaper. Bringing you Bali, the Nation and the World every Friday. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-521 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:28:07 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-521 [...] Meanwhile, the official confirmation of Bali returning to its former boon times comes as the local government of Badung Regency, where most of the island’s tourism industry is located, works on a program to upgrade Bali’s infrastructure and facilities, under a plan dubbed Bali #1 Destination 2001, which aims to draw increasing numbers of foreign tourists to these shores. [...] […] Meanwhile, the official confirmation of Bali returning to its former boon times comes as the local government of Badung Regency, where most of the island’s tourism industry is located, works on a program to upgrade Bali’s infrastructure and facilities, under a plan dubbed Bali #1 Destination 2001, which aims to draw increasing numbers of foreign tourists to these shores. […]

]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-504 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:16:35 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-504 [...] Branded Bali #1 Destination 2001, it aims to clean up the island’s image and develop its infrastructure to leading international levels, including a multimillion-dollar upgrade and expansion of the airport to handle higher numbers of passengers. [...] […] Branded Bali #1 Destination 2001, it aims to clean up the island’s image and develop its infrastructure to leading international levels, including a multimillion-dollar upgrade and expansion of the airport to handle higher numbers of passengers. […]

]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-355 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:41:36 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-355 [...] Meanwhile, in Bali, the government of Badung, the regency where most of the island’s tourism industry is centered, is working towards building up infrastructure, under a five-year plan called Bali #1 Destination 2011. [...] […] Meanwhile, in Bali, the government of Badung, the regency where most of the island’s tourism industry is centered, is working towards building up infrastructure, under a five-year plan called Bali #1 Destination 2011. […]

]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-3 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:32:08 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-3 [...] Government sources tell The Times that this is not a quest for the authorities to extort money from illegal villa owners, or a scare tactic - but a genuine effort to clean up Bali as part of its BALI #1 Destination 2011 campaign reported last week by this newspaper. [...] […] Government sources tell The Times that this is not a quest for the authorities to extort money from illegal villa owners, or a scare tactic - but a genuine effort to clean up Bali as part of its BALI #1 Destination 2011 campaign reported last week by this newspaper. […]

]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-2 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:16:38 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2006/11/02/govt-drive-to-place-bali-as-top-destination/#comment-2 [...] The Bali Times reports that Drs. I Ketut Sudikerta, a Deputy Regent of Badung, the regency that contains the Bukit, Kuta, Seminyak, talked about various ways that were being discussed to help the tourist industry. These include, a larger airport, a clamdown on dumping raw sewage into the ocean, better attention to garbage AND (hear this all Bali land owners) a new database that allow foreigners to register thier shady land deal, incase of a screw job. Right now freehold for an individual foreigner is impossible, so people jump through legal hoops having their local friend own it, setting up a company with a local, and having the company own it etc. Needless to say, in the past, plenty of people have lost the lot and plenty of locals (former owners and girlfriends, boyfriends etc. etc.) have got rich overnight. [...] […] The Bali Times reports that Drs. I Ketut Sudikerta, a Deputy Regent of Badung, the regency that contains the Bukit, Kuta, Seminyak, talked about various ways that were being discussed to help the tourist industry. These include, a larger airport, a clamdown on dumping raw sewage into the ocean, better attention to garbage AND (hear this all Bali land owners) a new database that allow foreigners to register thier shady land deal, incase of a screw job. Right now freehold for an individual foreigner is impossible, so people jump through legal hoops having their local friend own it, setting up a company with a local, and having the company own it etc. Needless to say, in the past, plenty of people have lost the lot and plenty of locals (former owners and girlfriends, boyfriends etc. etc.) have got rich overnight. […]

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