Tourism in Bali still stagnant five months after blasts
I am so sorry about this, but this is the real truth:
Prior to 911 the average Australian tourist was happy to go to Bali for a couple of weeks a year. My next door neighbours went 3 times a year. I remember once asking them if they liked Indonesia and they said "oh no, we go to Bali, not Indonesia".
after 911 some began to realise that they were hoidaying in an Islamic country, but it still didnt seem like it. The Balinese people were sweet, kind, and gentle. Bali was paradise.
Now two attacks later, EVERYONE knows Bali is part of Indonesia. Sadly the tourists will not return. Especially with the rise in more radical Islam in Indonesia.
Ironically, a lot of investors are now telling me Timor is the next Bali..... Timor is safe, idilic, and non Muslim.
The ONLY hope I see for Bali now is to seperate from Indonesia in the same way that Timor did.
Prior to 911 the average Australian tourist was happy to go to Bali for a couple of weeks a year. My next door neighbours went 3 times a year. I remember once asking them if they liked Indonesia and they said "oh no, we go to Bali, not Indonesia".
after 911 some began to realise that they were hoidaying in an Islamic country, but it still didnt seem like it. The Balinese people were sweet, kind, and gentle. Bali was paradise.
Now two attacks later, EVERYONE knows Bali is part of Indonesia. Sadly the tourists will not return. Especially with the rise in more radical Islam in Indonesia.
Ironically, a lot of investors are now telling me Timor is the next Bali..... Timor is safe, idilic, and non Muslim.
The ONLY hope I see for Bali now is to seperate from Indonesia in the same way that Timor did.