Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Foreign tourist arrivals up in '07

"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. …”

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Foreign tourist arrivals up in '07

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The government will have to work hard to meet its Visit Indonesia 2008 target of seven million foreign arrivals.

Indonesia saw 5.51 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, up 13 percent from 4.87 million in 2006, the Central Statistics Agency said Friday.

Due primarily to higher spending per visit, the increasing number of tourist arrivals generated US$5.3 billion in foreign exchange income last year, up from $4.4 billion in 2006.

Of the country's 15 main points of entry, Ngurah Rai airport in Bali recorded the highest number of arrivals in 2006, with 1.74 million visitors, up by 3.95 percent from 1.32 million the year before.

"The rising number of tourist arrivals, mainly through Ngurah Rai, indicates progress in Indonesia's tourism sector", the agency's deputy chairman for distribution and service Ali Rosidi said in a press briefing.

Meanwhile, the Minangkabau entry point experienced the steepest drop in foreign arrivals; they were down 20.92 percent, primarily due to an earthquake, the agency said.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently launched the Visit Indonesia program which targets US$6.3 million in foreign exchange revenue in 2008.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, is still recovering from deadly terrorist attacks in the resort island of Bali in 2002 and 2005 and as well as similar incidents on a much smaller scale in Jakarta.

Foreign reporting on bird flu virus has also discouraged many foreign tourists from coming to Indonesia, despite the country's numerous attractive tourist spots.

Lack of promotion also contributes to the sluggish growth. The government has said its budget is only $15 million for promoting tourism this year.

The agency said that in December the country's total tourist arrivals reached 431,000, a mere 10.20 percent increase over the 390,800 arrivals recorded in the same period of 2006.

According to the agency, from November to December, the country recorded a 7.86 percent increase with 431,001 arrivals, as against 399,609 in the same period of 2006.

Foreign tourists spent about $107.70 per day, up by 7.19 percent from around $100.48 in 2006. But the rise is mostly driven by soaring inflation in the country's consumer prices.

The average expenses per visit figure in 2007 was $970.98, higher than $913.09 in 2006, the agency said.

Also, foreign tourists aren't staying as long, as indicated by an agency report showing average length of stay declined to 9.02 days last year from 9.09 days in 2006.

Analysts said a lack of transportation and recreational facilities discouraged tourists from staying longer.