Bali governor visits Japan

Bali governor visits Japan

DENPASAR: Governor of Bali Dewa Beratha and a number of local
tourist industry players flew to Japan on Saturday for a three-
day visit in a bid to convince Japanese tourists that the people
of Bali and security authorities were working hard to ensure that
Bali is a safe tourist destination.

Head of the Bali tourism office I Gde Nurjaya said that the
governor was expected to meet with Japanese tour operators and
also to talk to the Japanese press.

Bali was hit by a second bomb blast incident on Oct. 1 when
three suicide bombers attacked three crowded restaurants almost
simultaneously on the resort island, killing 20 other people,
including at least two Japanese holidaymakers, while adversely
affecting the tourist sector on the island, which was just
beginning to fully recover from another terror attack three years
ago.

The October 2002 attack, also targeting foreign tourists,
claimed 202 lives, including at least seven Japanese citizens. --
Antara