http://www.bali-online.com/news All about Bali Island : Hotel, Tour, Object Tourism, etc Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Indonesia Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Tours, will move to Bali in 2009 with the prize money bumped up to US$1.25mil - the richest sporting event in the country. The acclaimed Dream Land-New Kuta Golf Resort will be the setting for the Feb 26-March 1 championships after organisers ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/10/bali-switch-for-indonesian-open/ BE NICE WHEN IT'S FINISHED: An excavator passes amid the many tourists enjoying the view at Kuta Beach, which is currently being renovated. White sands are being transported to the beach to rehabilitate and preserve the damaged coast line. (JP/Ni Komang Erviani) Domestic tourists have started flocking to Kuta beach, as ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/10/holidaymakers-flock-to-renovated-kuta-beach/ Bali - an Island Becoming Increasingly Accessible to Handicapped and Special Need Travelers. (10/3/2008) At balidiscovery.com we want to share the magic of Bali with the world – no exceptions! In an effort to make Bali accessible to handicapped and special need travelers, we've identified Bali hotels ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/09/no-obstacle-to-visiting-the-paradise-of-bali/ Bali and East Java reported the rising number of foreign tourists in the regions since the beginning of this year. Statictics Indonesia office in Bali province said by the end of August this year there were 1,29 milion of foreign tourists visited the island. During Juli-August there are roughly 6,000 tourist came ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/08/bali-eyes-more-tourists-by-the-end-of-the-year/ 45 countries and more than 1,500 athletes will converge on the island of Bali October 18-26, 2008, for the first-ever Asian Beach Games. 19 separate fields of sporting endeavor will be fought out in four separate "cluster areas:" ● Kuta Beach Cluster  - Body Building, October 19 & 20 - Dragon Boat Racing, ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/07/bali-beach-games-%e2%80%93-on-your-mark-get-ready/ By Wang Yong "CLICK! click!" three scampering little girls yelped at us in great joy as we wandered about a village in Ubud, central Bali Island, last month. Two were six or seven years old, and the eldest was about 12. They sat by a short wall of brick and clay as ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/06/paradise-not-yet-lost-in-bali/ FROM the crowded bar of the Bounty Club, where bare-chested Australian youngsters mount the stage and drunkenly bellow karaoke, to the luxury Luna 2 villa where the glitterati sip French champagne on the Legian foreshore around a pool inlaid with a 20-metre Marilyn Monroe mosaic, Bali is booming again. A tourist ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/10/06/the-bounty-of-bali-abused/ John Borthwick rediscovers the laid-back alternative to Bali. The Gili islands - Air, Meno and Trewangan - are an escape from an escape from an escape; they are three somnolent dots that drift just off Lombok, which in turn floats just east of Bali. Lombok, a haven of calm compared to the ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/09/30/here-on-gili-fans-islands/ AKARTA, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Finland will discuss forestry issues in Bali Island in November, a statement from the Indonesian forestry ministry said here Monday.     During the bilateral meeting, both sides are expected to sign a deal on a bilateral community-based forestry project.     In an ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/09/30/indonesia-finland-to-talk-on-forestry-issues-in-bali/ Most hotels in Bali are fully booked for the holiday period in late September-early October, including during the Idul Fitri celebration on Oct. 1 and 2, a hotel executive said Wednesday. IB Gede Sidharta Putra, who manages Griya Santrian Hotel in Sanur, said a number of locals had expressed disappointment as ... http://www.bali-online.com/news/2008/09/29/most-hotels-in-bali-fully-booked-for-idul-fitri-holidays/