Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Foreign Tourist Target on Track as Arrivals to Indonesia Rise 14%

"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, May 3, 2010

Foreign Tourist Target on Track as Arrivals to Indonesia Rise 14%

Jakarta Globe, Yessar Rosendar, May 03, 2010

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Indonesia during the first quarter climbed 14.5 percent over the same period last year, the Central Statistics Agency announced on Monday.

This put the country on track to reaching its goal of nearly seven million foreign visitors this year.

There were 1.61 foreign tourists in the first three months of the year, compared with 1.41 million during the same quarter last year, said the agency, also known as the BPS.

Noviendi Makalam, secretary of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, said that with the high season still ahead, the country was set to reach the government’s goal of 6.75 to seven million foreign tourists this year.

Noviendi added that if double-digit growth continued for the rest of the year the target would be easily surpassed.

“We only projected an 8 percent increase this year,” Noviendi said. But he also warned that an unanticipated event such as an earthquake or another major terrorist attack or demonstrations such as the ones paralyzing Bankgok, could derail growth.

“Tourism is a sector that is sensitive to security issues,” Noviendi said.

Bangkok is one of the top destinations in Asia, but political turmoil and massive protests have scared away foreigners.

According to Dow Jones Newwires, Thailand is likely to miss its target of drawing 15.5 million visitors this year.

Rising tensions between anti-government protesters and troops in Bangkok are sparking more cancellations, especially among East Asian tourists.

Foreign arrivals at Indonesia’s main tourist destination, Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport, from January through March totaled 560,845, an increase of 13.74 percent over the same period last year.

The average stay in Bali was 3.69 days in March, down from 3.75 days, while foreign tourists stayed in Jakarta an average of 2.48 days, down from 3.09 days.

However, the average length of stay in the nation’s top tourism destinations in 17 provinces, was 2.88 days in March, a slight decline from an average of three days during the year-earlier period, which was at the height of the global crisis.

Tourism professionals say the global crisis caused tourists to favor shorter stays, resulting in lower spending.