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TOURISTS PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING BALI ON THURSDAY
Denpasar, March 24 (ANTARA) - Foreign as well as domestic tourists are prohibited from entering the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, March 26, 2009, when the local people observe Nyepi holiday, the New Year according to the Balinese people's traditional Saka calendar.
"Both domestic and foreign tourists who want to go to Bali on Thursday are advised to change their schedule because it will be a day of absolute silence without lights, work, traffic, etc," Bali provincial administration spokesman I Putu Suardhika said here on Tuesday.
He said air, land, and sea transportation to and from Bali would be halted for 24 hours from 6 a.m. local time on Thursday until 6 a.m. the next morning.
According to Putu Suardhika, sea transportation activity at four ferry ports in Bali, namely Benoa in Denpasar, Celukan Bawang in Buleleng, Gilimanuk, and Padangbai would stop operating on Thursday.
Those who really want to go to Bali should arrive before midnight on Wednesday.
"Tourists or visitors should try not to be trapped at Gilimanuk and Padangbai ports because starting at dawn on Wednesday until Friday morning, transportation in Bali will be at a total halt," Putu Suardikha said.
He also expressed hope that travel agents and tour operators in Indonesia and abroad would explain to their working partners about the meaning of Nyepi holiday in order to avoid misunderstanding among tourists who intend to arrive in Bali on Thursday.
"Both domestic and foreign tourists who want to go to Bali on Thursday are advised to change their schedule because it will be a day of absolute silence without lights, work, traffic, etc," Bali provincial administration spokesman I Putu Suardhika said here on Tuesday.
He said air, land, and sea transportation to and from Bali would be halted for 24 hours from 6 a.m. local time on Thursday until 6 a.m. the next morning.
According to Putu Suardhika, sea transportation activity at four ferry ports in Bali, namely Benoa in Denpasar, Celukan Bawang in Buleleng, Gilimanuk, and Padangbai would stop operating on Thursday.
Those who really want to go to Bali should arrive before midnight on Wednesday.
"Tourists or visitors should try not to be trapped at Gilimanuk and Padangbai ports because starting at dawn on Wednesday until Friday morning, transportation in Bali will be at a total halt," Putu Suardikha said.
He also expressed hope that travel agents and tour operators in Indonesia and abroad would explain to their working partners about the meaning of Nyepi holiday in order to avoid misunderstanding among tourists who intend to arrive in Bali on Thursday.
