Bali to have tourism school

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.