Bali to have tourism school

DENPASAR, Bali: Bali's Indonesian Tourism Management Institute (MAPINDO) has established a cooperation with Australia's Western Melbourne Institute of Tafe, La Trobe University and South Bank Tafe to set up an institute of higher learning in tourism.

MAPINDO director, I Ketut Putra Suarthana, was quoted by Antara as saying that the institute, to be called the Bali Institute for Education and Training in Tourism, will be the first to be set up in the province.

He said the institute is expected to turn out graduates with an international outlook who are capable of taking over important positions in hotels which are now occupied by expatriates.

Bali has been chosen as the site for the tourism institute because it is one of Indonesia's most famous tourist destinations, he said.