Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Bali must be ready for global tourism competition: Expert

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Monday, October 22, 2007

Bali must be ready for global tourism competition: Expert

The Jakarta Post

An economist said Bali will increasingly have to compete globally for tourists as countries promote their top destinations for a larger share of the lucrative industry.

Speaking Friday at a national seminar on tourism trends and investment prospects at Nusa Dua, economist Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said tourism will increasingly play a bigger role in the global economy. "Tourism will be grown as a 'clean industry,'" said Kuntjoro-Jakti, a former chief economics minister.

"Indonesian tourism, if managed properly, will have a good chance to replace the oil and gas industry as the country's top foreign exchange earner," he said. He said Bali was known as Indonesia's top tourist destination, but in the future that would not be enough to ensure a steady stream of tourists.

He said more countries were competing in the world tourism market, offering travelers more attractive and dynamic tourism packages. "We should not take it for granted that visitors will come to Bali and other destinations in Indonesia. Indonesiamust make a comprehensive analysis and integrated efforts to attract world travelers to the country." Compared to other Asian countries, Indonesia has a number of negative growth factors.

According to Euromonitor, a prestigious tourism think thank in Europe, there are several factors hampering tourism growth in Indonesia, including terrorism, lack of infrastructure, bird flu and the quality of service. "Indonesia must be active in promoting its tourism services, and provide an in-depth analysis of its future prospects to major tourism agencies and prospective investors," Kuntjoro-Jakti said. Ida Bagus Lolec, one of Bali's most successful tourism entrepreneurs, said the island had a lot of work to do if it hoped to maintain its position as a world-class tourist destination.

"We must be very creative in creating attractive tourism packages to lure back tourists and businesspeople to the island," he said. Tourist arrivals fell drastically after the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2005 attacks. However, arrivals have begun to rebound.

The island annually hosts one to 1.5 million domestic and foreign tourists. Indonesia as a whole attracts about 6 million foreign tourists every year, as compared to Malaysia and Singapore which see at least 11 million foreign visitors annually. Lolec said Bali had the potential to be further developed as a business and leisure tourist destination.

"International meetings and conferences are one potential tourism market for Bali as we have adequate facilities and skilled human resources," he said. Bali is already hosting some national and international conferences. Next December, the island will host a major UN conference on climate change.

Agung Prana, another tourist businessman, views Balitourism in a positive light.

"We still have a large portion of the global marketshare," Prana said. Environmental and spiritual tourism packages could be developed in Bali, he said.

"These are the current global trends in the tourism industry. Bali has abundant natural and spiritual richness. It really depends on us to make it attractive to the international tourism industry," Prana said.