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The Denpasar City Government is preparing a rating system for restaurants as a step to improve hygiene and sanitation practices. The rating system, scheduled to be announced in the near future, is aimed at improving sanitation practices for local restaurants while at the same time providing a protection to Bali residents and visitors who frequent the establishments.

The Head of the Denpasar Health Department, Dr. Luh Putu Sri Armini, explained, “if the health standards are met, the restaurants will be given a rating which will be announced to the public.”

According to Dr. Armini, ratings will be given to restaurants after a program of thorough inspection is completed. Establishments found to maintain an excellent hygiene and sanitation standards will be given an “A” rating; “B” ratings for good standards; and “C” ratings for average standards.

Once a rating is given to a restaurant the program mandates routine re-inspections to ensure standards are maintained in accordance with the criterion of the rating system.

Dr. Armini defended the need for the new rating system in order to provide a level of added protection and peace of mind for tourist visitors to Bali. She also assured all concerned that the standards applied would be objective with laboratory testing forming a part of the review method.

Explaining a new “get tough” attitude on introducing hygiene standards at local restaurants, Dr. Armini explained:”Raw materials will be inspected together with the quality of their sources, as well as the facilities used (for preparation) to make sure that all meet health standards. If quality is poor, then we will not issue a certificate.”

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Indonesia’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, has reluctantly admitted that a current plague of problems confronting national tourism make it increasingly difficult for him to deliver on his pledge to generate 7 million foreign visitors for the year 2007.

Despite the added challenges posed by the EU blacklisting of Indonesian registered aircraft and rekindled negative travel advisories from Australia, Jero Wacik has called on all components of the Indonesian travel industry to continue in their efforts to hit this year’s target for foreign visitors.

In comments made at a ceremony in Bali to mark the 60th anniversary of Indonesian cooperative movement, Wacik said: “We must all continue to strive (to hit the 7 million visitor target), making a contribution in accordance with our respective position and assigned responsibilities. We in the government will also continue with our best efforts.”

Wacik confirmed to the press that he has held urgent discussions with Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation urging him not to wait until the next safety audit cycle of September to clarify the safety situation of Indonesian aviation to the EU. “There’s no reason to wait until September, that would be too late,” explained Minister Wacik.

As regards negative travel advisories from Bali’s second largest inbound market of Australia, Wacik hope that any downturn in business would be minimal and that a planned visit to Indonesian in late July by Australian Prime Minister John Howard would help persuade Australia’s leader and his people that Indonesia is safe to visit.

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Here is the major list of Bali accommodations for the backpacker who’s looking for Kuta Cheap Hotel.

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THERE are 2 ways to go about visiting Bali. You can fry on the beach and shuffle around souvenir shops or escape to the pampering spas in the hills around Ubud. If you think Bali is all about rowdy beach holidays, it’s time to head to the hills in the beautiful interior of the island, where time moves at an entirely different rhythm to the tourist

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Bali Art Festival is a staging event of Balinese traditional artistry which is performed every once a year. In this year, this even has been executed to the 29 times and carried out during one month from 16 June - 14 July 2007. There are 13 thousand actors/actress which are merged into 156 sekaa (group of Balinese actors) will join it

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