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        "id": 1287529,
        "msgid": "more-swedes-arrived-in-bali-report-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-12-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "More Swedes arrived in Bali: Report",
        "author": null,
        "source": "ANTARA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "More Swedes arrived in Bali: Report SANUR, Bali, (Antara): Bali receives more visitors from Sweden with the number of Swedish visitors increasing by 17.4 percent between January and September 2000 as compared to the same period last year. Based on the data from the province's Ministry of Culture and Tourism office, the number of Swedish visitors reached 16,727 compared to only 14,249 last year, said Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya from the Sweden Consulate office in Sanur.",
        "content": "<p>More Swedes arrived in Bali: Report<\/p>\n<p>SANUR, Bali, (Antara):  Bali receives more visitors from<br>\nSweden with the number of Swedish visitors increasing by 17.4<br>\npercent between January and September 2000 as compared to the<br>\nsame period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the data from the province's Ministry of Culture and<br>\nTourism office, the number of Swedish visitors reached 16,727<br>\ncompared to only 14,249 last year, said Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya<br>\nfrom the Sweden Consulate office in Sanur.<\/p>\n<p>Some foreign countries have issued travel warnings and even<br>\ntravel bans to discourage or prevent their citizens from visiting<br>\nBali following a riot in West Nusa Tenggara last January.<\/p>\n<p>Widjaya said Indonesia, particularly Bali, must actively<br>\npromote its best tourist destinations and improve the country's<br>\ntarnished image.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is important to launch a special promotion to attract<br>\nvisitors, especially from Sweden,\" said Widjaya who is also<br>\nchairman of Bali Village.<\/p>\n<p>Widjaya said it would be useless if the central government did<br>\nnot support promotional activities carried out by provincial and<br>\nregional tourism related industries.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing multidimensional crisis has badly affected tourism<br>\nin Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are still depending on foreign assistance and therefore<br>\nthe government must be more proactive in promoting tourism,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Any promotional effort need to be done comprehensively,<br>\nencompassing various sectors, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government has to reintroduce Indonesia to the outside<br>\nworld in a fair way and honestly tell them what is really<br>\nhappening in the country,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>To improve Indonesia's image, Indonesia can participate in<br>\nvarious tourism marts such as the International Tourism Bourse<br>\n(ITB) in Berlin, Germany or the Asian Tourism Forum (ATF).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/more-swedes-arrived-in-bali-report-1447893297",
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