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