Sanur festival attracts visitors, improves image

SANUR: The ongoing Sanur Festival has improved the image of Bali as a safe tourist destination, said Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik at the opening of the 2009 Sanur village Festival, on Wednesday night. The festival, which will conclude next Sunday, has become a special attraction for many local and foreign visitors to Bali, which the minister said had not been affected by last month's twin hotel bombings in Jakarta.

"We have been monitoring the condition of *tourism in* Bali since the bombing tragedy. It seems that the number of foreign arrivals has remained very high," Wacik said.

I.B. Gede Sidharta Putra, the chairman of the Sanur Development Foundation, said the occipancy rate of most hotels and villas in Sanur area was around 80 percent.

Around 50 percent of visitors were Europeans and repeaters. -JP. News from thejakartapost.com.

• Albia Villa Reveals Reasons to choose Bali villas over hotels and resorts (08 February 2010)
• Letter: We find no justice (26 November 2009)
• The river house (11 September 2009)
• Jimbaran Puri Bali Unveils 22 Luxury Pool Villas (10 June 2009)
• Jimbaran Puri Bali Opens 22 Private Pool Villas (12 May 2009)
• The diversity of Bali’s holiday home market and its future amid a gloomy economic outlook (22 February 2009)
• The Ulin Villas received Tri Hita Karana Awards (17 December 2008)
• Grand Akhyati Villas and Spa Enhances Website Experience with Online Reservations System. (24 November 2008)