Japanese travel agencies visit Bali

Japanese travel agencies visit Bali

DENPASAR: Representatives of over 91 Japanese travel agencies
within the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) visited Bali
over the weekend to assess the latest security situation on the
island.

The three-day visit, led by JATA chairman Yukio Ishii, also
brought 16 Japanese journalists and travel writers.

It was the second visit by Japanese travel representatives to
the island since the Oct. 12 attack, which killed more than 190
people, mostly foreigners.

In a meeting with local government officials on Saturday, the
businesspeople expressed their support for efforts to improve
security protection on the island.

Bali deputy governor I Gusti Bagus Alit Putra told the
Japanese that the government would issue security guarantee
documents to foreign travel bureaus that regularly brought
foreign tourists to the island.

During their stay in Bali, the representatives observed a
variety of measures carried out to improve security at the
airport, hotels, shopping centers and several tourist
attractions.

In November, some 200 JATA members also visited Bali. --Antara