- VIVAnews/Bobby Andalan
VIVAnews - Bali will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) Summit in 2013. To welcome the big event, a new meeting facility called Bali International Park (BIP) is in progress.
The development of an integrated tourism destination was opposed by Forum of Gumi Bali Care (FPGB), pioneered by Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) of Bali. On October 16, 2011, dozens of Walhi Bali activists held a demonstration in front of Bali People’s Struggle Monument, Badjra Sandhi.
They were against the plan of building an integrated tourism area which was directly approved by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. They demanded a suspension on the construction of tourism facilities in the southern Bali region, including Badung regency and Denpasar, as the southern area of Bali is already packed with tourism facilities.
"This action aims to highlight Bali’s needs of a suspension on tourism development," said Action Coordinator, I Putu Indrawan Hery, on Sunday.
As regards the number of tourism accommodation, the Culture and Tourism Ministry and Udayana University's research shows that in December 2010, room excess in Bali has reached 9,800.
"Excessive facility construction will cause social and ecological losses as it does not take the environmental support into account," said Hery.
The suspension on tourism accommodation construction is deemed urgent to prevent Bali from an "overcapacity" on tourist accommodation.
FPGB also emphasized the rejection of the construction of the Bali International Park (BIP) for the facility of APEC summit XXI in Bali. The construction of BIP is considered adding Bali's ecological burden.
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Coverage by: Bobby Andalan | Bali
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