JATA Support the Recovery of Bali Tourism

In connection with Japanese become victims of bombing attack at Raja’s Restaurant Kuta, Cafe Nyoman and Cafe Menega Jimbaran, 15 members of Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) met to Badung Regent, AA. Gde Agung, on Friday (7/10) at Badung Regent office.

The aim of this meeting is to confirm the effective steps done by Badung Government after the tragedy, and also to see the situation and the society living in Bali after this tragedy. Before this group met to Badung Regent, they were received by Bali’s Governor, Kapolda Bali and BTB (Bali Tourism Board).
To the JATA President, Kentaro Kaneko, Badung Public Relation I Wayan Suambara, explained, to increase the safe condition for the tourists who come to Bali, Badung Regent has made a meeting with Lurah (Ward-master), Perbekel (Village headman) and Camat (District headman), and they have come an agreement to evaluate the securities system in their region respectively.
The security system that will be done in Badung Regency is universal security. It means, that all Badung security components (Hansip and Pecalang) and also society take part to make their regions safe. It has the purpose to develop sensitivity and awareness of society to their environments respectively. Their side will coordinate with the officer to give trainees. “We will carry out the administration regulation to all Districts” he said to Bali Travel News.
In addition Kentaro Kaneko hoped, the environment security effort will be done continually in order to avoid bomb terror happening again. If because of this terror the occupancy to Bali becomes decreased, so their action (the terrorist action) has succeeded. “So we must fail their aims”, he said.
Suambara added, according to the data on August 2005 the amount of Japanese coming to Bali is about (39.229 people) and this is noticed as the biggest one followed by Australia with about 26.393 people. (BTN/015)