It's holidays as usual in Bali

DENPASAR: Foreign visitors continue to flock to Bali, Indonesia's most famous island, unaffected by the election campaign which began April 27 and will end May 23.

Head of the Bali tourism office, I Nyoman Sugiri, said yesterday it was even possible that more tourists would come in during the campaign period.

"Foreign visitors will find these political activities very interesting," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

Sugiri said that, in the first three months of 1997, 293,393 foreign and domestic tourists visited Bali, up 14.5 percent on the 256,083 recorded in the same period last year.

He said Bali was aiming to attract 2.75 million foreign tourists this year, up on 1996's target of 2.5 million.