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General
Election Peaceful,Tourism Businessmen Relieved
The
general election on 5 April that
previously was predicted to be chaotic,
in fact flourished peacefully.
A fluent and peaceful process of the general
election made tourism
businessmen relieved.
According
to the observation by Bali Travel News,
the flourishing and peaceful signs of the
general election has been shown by the peaceful
process of the campaign. “We express
our gratitude to the political elites, security
forces and the entire people of Bali that
have joined together for making the peaceful
election successful,” Gusde Astawa,
the General Manager of Legian Paradiso said.
Positive response on the peaceful general
election was also expressed by a number
of businessmen and authorities. The Chairman
of Bali Tourist Office, Drs. Gde Nurjaya,
MM was also relieved, as the general election
has flourished peacefully.
The Mayor of Denpasar Puspayoga, for instance,
intentionally thanked his city dwellers
through public service advertisement on
the radio in the municipality of Denpasar.
“It is the most peaceful general election
we ever had. We are proud of it. Thanks
to all people. Keep the city peaceful continuously,”
Puspayoga said sympathetically. The thanksgiving
message was replayed again and again on
the radio recently.
Tourists visiting Bali from the end of March
to the beginning of April was sufficiently
stable. The public worries that violent
disturbances would explode and the visit
of foreign tourists to Bali would drop,
in actuality was not proven. The data from
Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Airport
showed that the number of foreign tourist’s
visit on the day of general election (3/4)
reached 5000. This figure was considered
to be special, since April was low season
in tourism. Seeing this figure, the tourism
businessmen of Bali are optimistic in entering
the holiday season in the mid of this year,
the number of visitors would keep on increasing.
This optimism sank, particularly when terrorist’s
attacked Bali in October 2002.
Tourism businessmen in Bali persistently
expected that if the security of Bali can
be maintained business will recover soon,
consequently there would be more opportunities
for workers who have undergone severances
of working relationships. The people of
Bali hope that the elected politicians will
be able to struggle for the public fate
in the parliament. (BTN/DP)
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