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Birthday
Party
 Kuta
– On the 17th of May 2003, it’s
very special day for Mr. Ray Suryawijaya,
SE. MBA, the General Manager of Kuta
Paradiso Hotel. On that day Mr. Ray
celebrated his birthday with all Department
Head and staff of Kuta Paradiso Hotel.
In his speech, Mr. Ray conveyed his
great thanks to everyone who support
his carrier. Mr. Ray also hopes that
the situation and condition that happened
on the tourism industry will not make
the employees decreased their prestige,
and their quality of work. (*)
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Trekking Guides
 Kintamani
– In the third and fourth weeks
of May, about one hundred guides,
drink vendors, and other stakeholders
who are involved in Mt Batur trekking
activities, received special training.
The program covered skills related
to basic knowledge about trekking,
tourism in Kintamani, the history
of Mount Batur, safety and rescue
and environmentally friendly tourism
The training, which was organized
by Diparda Bali (Bali Tourism Authority),
is expected to improve participants’
skill in the subjects covered. According
to Mr. A. A. Gde Raka Dalem, one
of the resource people on the training
and a lecture in Eco-tourism and
environmental management from Udayana
University (Bali), every stakeholder
should improve their concern about
environment, especially on nature.
This is because it is a major source
of attraction for tourists who trek
on Mt. Batur. Presenting his paper
on environmentally friendly tourism,
Raka Dalem was asked many questions
by participants who were very enthusiastic
about the topic. (BTN/028)
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‘Gebogan
Jajan’ Decoration Contest
 DENPASAR
– Denpasar Municipality’s
participants in Bali’s 25th Art
Festival 2003 joined a contest called
‘Gebogan Jajan’ - structure
of cakes - usually used for decoration
and traditional rituals, held in front
of Pura Jagatnata Saturday, 24 May
2003. There were 14 participants coming
from ‘PKK’ of Denpasar Municipality’s
women’s groups of Family Prosperity
Development, women’s associations
and individuals. This contest invited
great interest from visitors eager
to watch the event. At the same time,
there were also other similar contests
such as producing knife sheaths made
of ‘lontar’ palm leaves,
joined by 36 participants (BTN/015).
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Ubud’s Painter
Budiana Goes to Tokyo
 DENPASAR
— An Ubud painter who is also
skilled in preparing cremation towers,
I Ketut Budiana (53) is to open an
exhibition of his works on 7 June
2003 for the second time in Tokyo
under sponsorship of Tokyo’s
Station Gallery and many other institutions
from both countries, while the first
exhibition came to the fore in 1985
together with artists. Speaking in
a press conference in Danes Art Veranda,
Tanjung Bungkak, Denpasar 22 May 2003,
Budiana told audience that his single
exhibition will end at 21 July 2003
after showing 72 paintings to the
public to the Tokyo’s people,
while formerly has hold exhibitions
in Jakarta, Singapore, Australia,
the Netherlands, Spain and the USA.
(BTN/018)
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Turtles and Marine Mammals
 Denpasar
- About 60 members of the Veterinary
Sciences students association from
universities throughout Indonesia
participated in a national Training
and Workshop on Handling Stranded
Turtles and Marine Mammals as well
as in Establishing a Network for handling
those animals, in Denpasar, May 23-24,
2003. This program is very important
since the animals are becoming a tourist
attraction despite the fact that their
status might be vulnerable or close
to extinction. Therefore, the conservation
issue is very important to be considered
in using the animals as a tourist
attraction.
The training, besides being about
stranded turtles and marine mammals,
focused issues regarding coastal areas,
especially the mangrove ecosystem
and Eco-tourism bird watching. This
activity was sponsored by WWF Indonesia
Wallace Program and APEX Environmental
(Australia), and supported by other
parties such as the Bali Post. The
resource people on this event were
Mr. Benjamuin Kahn from APEX and Dr.
Windia Adnyana from WWF. Mr. A. A.
Gde Raka Dalem from Udayana University
(Bali) was appointed as a resource
person on field work on the Eco-tourism
bird watching tour, while Mr. I Wayan
Restu (Udayana University) was as
a resource person on the mangrove
tour.(BTN/028)
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