2008-01-04

2007 End of Year Wrap

The Wrap of 2007!Bali is going through an amazing culinary journey. Not that many years ago the food offerings in Bali were mostly devoid of taste and value, both locals and foreigners operating restaurants that they believed presented cuisines of the world. Only one thing was missing, and that was the professional knowledge that can only come by experience, having been trained at the highest level.The Bali of today boasts of many top-flight chefs. As many as can often be found in cities four times its size. Most, of course, work in the ever-increasing...

2008-01-03

RI welcomes Germans first in 2008

German couple Michel and Jennifer Franchon Bernard did not expect they would be greeted by a crew of friendly airport staff members and a Sundanese jaipongan dance troupe upon arriving at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on New Year's Day."What a surprise. We are very happy. We never dreamed of this happening. I couldn't even sleep because of the holiday," Michel said.Michel and his wife are visiting Indonesia for a two-week vacation. They said they would spend their first week in Jakarta and another week in Bali and Lombok.Airport operator...

2008-01-01

Bali Awarded as the World’s Best Island for 2007

Travel and Leisure magazine conducted a survey for their annual “World’s Best Island Awards” and for the 7th time, Bali of Indonesia emerged victorious despite the history of terrorism that engulfed the island a couple of years ago.The World’s Best Island Award were based on: Natural Attractions, Activities/Sight, Restaurants/Food, People and Value.Find out if our very own paradise island “Boracay” made it to the Top 10 after the jump…TOP 10 Island Overall(Rank 2007/Name/Score)1 Bali-Indonesia 86.302 Maui 86.223 Kauai 85.924 Galapagos Islands 85.925...

Visit Indonesia Year 2008 officially launched

Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched Visit Indonesia Year 2008 on Wednesday, with the main aim of luring up to 7 million foreign tourists and booking US$6.4 billion in foreign exchange income. The government held its first Visit Indonesia program in 1991, which was not particularly successful, increasing the number of foreign tourists by merely 400,000 from the year earlier, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). BPS data show...