PATA’S Top Five Winners for Third Quarter 2005
BTB The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has published its comprehensive and comparative listing of Asia Pacific destination performance for…
Overseas Departures Increased 13,5%
BTB Outbound travel from Korea continues to grow as the total number of Koreans traveling overseas exceeded 10 million for…
Australia Responds to Indonesian Flood Disaster
BTB Australia, through the Government’s international aid agency, AusAID, will provide $200 000 to assist victims of the devastating floods…
Avian Flu: Calls for Caution but Says No Need for Travel Restrictions
BTB While the latest outbreak of avian flu in Turkey is not expected to have a serious impact on tourism…
Singapore Changi Airport Wins 23 Awards in 2005
BTB In the year 2005, Singapore Changi Airport was honored to continue to win commendations from travelers and organizations helping…
World Music Comes to Ubud
BTB – For one night only, one of Bali’s leading gamelan ensembles – Semara Ratih will share a stage with…
Safety at Bali’s Airport U.S. TSA
BTB The U.S. Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) announced on December 23, 2005, that security standards at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International…
Nationalism Drives China, Japan apart
BTB The growing trade between Japan and China in 2005 has been matched by rising symbolic and verbal provocations and…
Pasports and Visas
Pasports and Visas Important change to Indonesia’s Visa Policy for Tourists. Please read carefully as there have been changes to…
Sun of 2005 Sun Seeing
The Mayor of Denpasar City A.A Ngurah Puspayoga initiated New Year eve program since year of 2000. It aims to…
Third Tsunami Report Shows Aceh Community Rebuilding
Australia has trained more than 350 hospital staff in Aceh to restore the delivery of health services to the local…
HK Seminar Proceeds to Benefit Bali Tourism
BTB – Australia’s top business presenters and corporate trainers are organizing a charity half-day seminar hosted free-of-charge by the JW…
U.S. Airplane Security
BTB The following comments appeared in this month’s edition of Counterpane, the e-zone by Bruce Schneier dealing with all manner…
France to Start Solidarity Tax on Airline Tickets Next Year
BTB The measure to levy tax of solidarity on air tickets was adopted on Monday by France’s upper house of…
Island Seized From Australian Surfer
Armed Indonesian troops have hoisted their nation’s red and white flag over a remote island and proudly reclaimed its sovereignty…
Thailand Invites Tsunami-Affected Families for Commemoration Ceremony
BTB Around 6,000 people, who lost relatives in devastating tsunami on December 26 last year, have accepted Thailand’s offer for…