Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Mixed feelings about tourist surge in Bali

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“… 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. …”

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Mixed feelings about tourist surge in Bali

Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, October 19, 2007

After planning a relaxing day shopping at Kuta's Discovery Mall, Intan Indahsari spent a large chunk of her morning sitting in Jakarta-like traffic.

"The traffic has never been this bad," the Sanur resident said.

Bali was visited by thousands of domestic tourists during the Idul Fitri holiday, including many who decided to bring their own vehicles with them.

While tourism industry officials were happy with the rising number of tourists visiting the resort island, local residents were frustrated with the traffic chaos they contributed to.

"It is really frustrating. I wish tourists were not allowed to bring their own vehicles to the island," Intan said.

Traffic congestion at popular tourist sites has been an annual problem in Bali during Idul Fitri. This year, with an official period of leave set by the government until Oct. 19, traffic was worse than in previous years, Intan said.

At night, airport taxi drivers refused to take passengers to Kuta in fear of being caught up in traffic jams.

"Several drivers who went to Kuta a few hours ago have not returned yet," one taxi driver said Tuesday.

On ordinary days, the drive from the airport to Kuta takes about 15 minutes.

Holidaymaker Priska Siagian, 25, said getting a taxi from the airport to take her to Denpasar was a difficult mission.

"A taxi driver at first refused to take me. He asked me to wait for an hour because he was tired after being stuck in Kuta," she said.

Bali Tourism Agency head Gede Nurjaya acknowledged the problem, saying the island was facing a unique dilemma.

"It is very good for Bali to receive a lot of visitors. However, popular tourist places cannot hold so much traffic, which in the end results in traffic jams," he said.

"We definitely cannot stop people from bringing their own cars to the island, as some tourists come here after visiting other cities," he said.

Holidaymaker Yetty Priyono, 45, and her family said bringing their own car to the island was fun, despite the fact they had to deal with traffic jams.

The family spent the holiday traveling from Jakarta to Salatiga and Semarang in Central Java, to Surabaya and Banyuwangi in East Java and to Bali after crossing the Bali Strait by ferry.

"We have more freedom with our own car. We don't really mind the traffic jams, we just joke around in the car a lot," Yetty said.

She said her family would not hesitate to take the road trip to Bali again.

"It was really fun for us," she said.

Nurjaya said the traffic problem was caused by the fact most tourists visited the same few tourist attractions.

"Domestic tourists swarm to Kuta, Nusa Dua, Sanur and Kintamani. There are a lot of other places as well," Nurjaya said.

He said his agency was endeavoring to promote other areas of interest, especially in the Karangesem and Klungkung regencies.

"There are a lot of tourist destinations in these areas that are as beautiful as the well-known places. Ujung and Candi Dasa in Karangasem are examples," he said.

Klungkung regency is home to the islands of Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan, he added.

"If tourists were drawn away from the regular places and were spread out across the island, it would overcome traffic problems in Kuta," Nurjaya said.