ART TOUR IN SINGAPORE
Travel to Singapore August 31st, 2010
If there is a very creative country in creating attraction for those of you that do not get bored traveling, Singapore can be called one of them. Various attractions in the country’s unrelenting equipped with new facilities. New types of tourism, both conventional and an alternative type with a special interest, also continued to be created. Unsparing, even creating new types of tourism was contested for students.
One of the interesting art tourism. Country where the “gathering” the various tribes of this nation with an orderly and familiar can accommodate and utilize the creativity of artists, both local artists, and artists of other tribes.
Singapore’s existing tourism type, known as the Sculpture Walk, and can be purchased through your local travel agent. This tour specifically to enjoy the sculptures and carvings important in Singapore.
The event begins to enjoy a variety of statues from the Marina Bay Arts Cluster, precisely from the “Fountain of Wealth” which is located in the Suntec City Mall. The fountain of Calvin Tsao and Zack Mckown proclaimed as the world’s largest fountain is made with the calculation of feng shui is very serious. No wonder if it is near the fountain it feels right berdesign simple elegance, delicacy, as well as its strength. That said, local people expressed a desire to believe that if under the water fountain which is a symbol of the circle of life and prosperity, will be achieved.
Actually there are many other statues in Singapore that is not less interesting to be listened to. For example “Swing Me Mama”, “Girl on a Swing” or “Swiss Ball Fountain” in the Singapore Botanical Garden. Or other statues that were found in the courtyard of a building to balancing based on feng shui.
Quite interesting is not it? if you are interested, please enter the alternative attractions of art, in Singapore on the agenda for your vacation. Moreover, long-available flight from Jakarta to Singapore as much as 49 times a week using Garuda Indonesia.
Eight-Day Tour to China and Vietnam
Travel to Vietnam August 31st, 2010
TOURS to the two countries at the same time, China and Vietnam, is packaged in a travel package, pity to miss. Moreover, the price of travel package for eight days was only worth U.S. $ 648 or about Rp6, 1 million.
Package price is inclusive package staying at a four star hotel and breakfast, afternoon until evening. Adapaun additional cost would you pay for, such as: single supplement: $ 175 per person, International airport tax: $ 110 per person (tax rates may change at any time without notice), airport tax Jakarta: 50,000, – per person, the fiscal cost Indonesia : Rp2.500.000, – per person (for those who do not have a TIN), tipping is recommended for $ 2/orang/hari tour leader, local guide and driver, $ $ 2/orang/hari 1/orang/hari and a bottle of mineral water / person / day during the tour.
Departure schedule for the month of February this package on 5 and 26, whereas in March set out the date of 5,12,19, and 26.
On the first day, just hours 17.40WIB you and other visitors gathered at Soekarno Hatta Airport and the aircraft departed with Shenzhen Airlines. Once in Naning, China or around 23:00 local time, you will be guided to the Hotel Jin Hua or other 4 star hotels.
Second day. This morning bus journey will begin toward the Detian Waterfall, which is one of the largest waterfall tour in Asia with approximately 200 meters wide and has three steps of the flow of the waterfall. During the trip into town Mingshi, you are presented with beautiful scenery Guichun Boundary River and the Clouds Floating on Green Island. After dinner is over, you will be escorted to Hotel Mingshi or setarafnya to rest.
Third day. After breakfast, your bus will lead to Mingshi Scenic Area, the rural nature with beautiful rice field, small bridges and windmills. Once you’ve finished lunch, the city of Pingxiang even form the next destination. There you will be staying at Hotel Zhongyue International or schoolmates.
Fourth day. Did you know about Halong? If not, the bus trip this morning is to Halong with Custom border crossing point of the Friendship Pass. After lunch, tour to Mr Chau Island, one of the most beautiful island in Vietnam will happen. In the afternoon, you and your entourage can buy souvenirs at the trade center area or do an optional tour to the Royal Sea Park. Hotel accommodation is used ASEAN or other 4 star hotels.
Fifth day. In the morning we travel to Halong Bay or Guilin on The Ocean, namely the nature reserve established by UNESCO since 1994. Interesting sights of this small island has a better 3000, so you can experience life in a stunning natural stone. On this day, you can also stay overnight in the same hotel ASEAN.
Sixth day. On this day you will be invited to the Ba Ting Square, Ho Chi Minh’s Tomb, Ho Chi Minh Former Residence, One Pillar Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake. Hanoi’s continued journey toward the bus transportation. Thang Loi Hotel is the choice.
Seventh day. After breakfast, you will be brought to Ping Xiang traveling through the border and returned to the city Naning to immediately check in and relax at Hotel Zhe Shang.
Eighth day. Back to Jakarta.
For those of you who are interested, please make reservations at your nearest travel agent and flight schedules are always checking back to see if there is a change of schedule.
Cruise tourists are not Threatened Bomb
Travel to Vietnam August 31st, 2010
DENPASAR – MI: A cruise ship tourism agency said that the tourists coming to Indonesia, especially to Bali by using a special vessel did not feel threatened by the possibility of a bomb blast.
\ “They did not feel threatened at all. The impression was not endangered at all. In fact, they considered that the Indonesian waters is very fantastic, \” said Regional Manager of Pacific World Nusantara, Bali, Ida Bagus Surakusuma in Denpasar, Friday (21 / 8).
Surakusuma a friend Gus Lolec addressed, proposed that foreign tourists are also many who use public facilities by ferry when a visit to a number of areas, such as Lombok and other locations.
\ “For the next few months, we have a contract with a cruise from Palma and Italy, but passengers originating from various parts of the world. They usually enjoy Makassar, Bali, Komodo Island and Jakarta, \” he said.
According to him, in approximately 40 cruise ships a year come to Indonesia and that still could be increased again, due to visit Indonesia’s potential is still large. Not only in Bali, Makassar, Komodo Island and Jakarta, but also Manado and other cities.
He explained that there are three lines that normally pass through cruise ships, ie from Hong Kong, the Philippines and then down to Makassar. Other lines are Singapore, Malaysia and then to Vietnam and a new entry into Indonesia.
\ “The third point is from Australia, either through direct Darwin or Perth to Bali or Jakarta and Komodo Island, \” he said.
He hopes, port facilities in Indonesia immediately repaired for the coming fishing yacht. He gave an example in the Land ampo, Manggis, Karangasem district, other than those already in Padang Bai.
\ “Infrastructure in Land ampo it must be remedied, particularly those headed to the port. If that was quickly completed, then the economy will grow rapidly, because it will bring a lot of cruise ships, \” said the man who mengemari this orchid.
Moreover, he said, there are currently among the practitioners of predictive cruise ship tourists that they will hook the lower middle class. That’s because cruise ship tourism actors are also affected by the global crisis.
\ “If I they are looking for prospective passengers of the rich, not now. They have had to keep the road in the middle of this global crisis. They lowered tariffs. If the usually fare be mounted to U.S. $ 30,000 for a three pkean up to one month, can now only U.S. $ 2,000 to U.S. $ 3,000, \ “he said.
Facing the fact that, up Gus Lolec, Asia has a great chance to hook visitors with yachts. In Malaysia and Singapore effective until 300 ship visits a year.
Rural Tourism Helps Rafting
Travel to Brunei August 31st, 2010
Arum attractions rafting or rafting down the Ayung River attraction of foreign tourists in enjoying the countryside tour which recently has begun to be intensified in the north of Badung.
“At least four local community-managed company to serve the arum rafting tours on the northern Badung,” said Badung Tourism Office chief I Made Subawa, Sunday (18 / 7),.
He said both firms are still small, but professional services to serve the tourist attraction was challenging enough.
‘They divided the river in such a way with the agreed schedule so that one company does not collide with each other,’ says Made Subawa.
According to I Nyoman Kitha, a manager arum rafting in northern Badung, the institute operates the eight rubber boats with reliable support staff of professionals.
“Every month the average serving 100 people of foreign tourists. Most of Australia and Europe,” said Nyoman Kitha.
He admitted to intentionally go home to my hometown for pioneering the development of rural tourism since 1994.
Rafting addition, travel managers are also developing sports tourism, which took the tourists to walk to the center per Sawahan, plantation activities and a close look at peasant.
“Every week there is just a group of tourists who enjoy the countryside,” said Nyoman Kitha who also manages the eight-bedroom cottage, with no less facility with five-star hotel.
Thailand Tourism Sector riots resulted in the loss of U.S. $ 2.9 Billion
Travel to Thailand August 12th, 2010
BANGKOK – MI: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, states, state revenues fell by U.S. $ 2.9 billion or almost Rp32 trillion. Significant drop in their tourism sector revenue is none other than due to riots against the government that this happened in early April.
Declining revenues in the tourism sector worth about 102 billion baht are also predicted would be followed also by the decline in the number of tourists who come to the land of the white elephant in 2009. Predictable differences in the number of tourists who visited Thailand this year as last year would be at odds as much as 3.2 million people. Thailand recorded a year ago when there were 14.1 million foreign tourists visit.
Based on the statement of a cabinet member, riots caused large-scale demonstrations are also cause losses of more than 220 million baht in the form of destruction of public facilities and the loss of state revenues that have been budgeted. So also with the acceptance of the benefits of different services sectors of state-owned enterprises such as electricity and telecommunications sector mass destroyed its infrastructure.
The demonstrators who is a supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra even to cover Asia Summit that was held in Thailand on April 11 last.
Demonstrations that left two dead and 123 injured victims are eventually followed by entry into an emergency situation by the government of Thailand for nearly two weeks.
