Australian Confidence in Bali Tourism Back to Normal

Oct 5th 2007

From Brisbane, Australia, NNN_Antara reports that Australians’ confidence in Indonesian tourism, notably in the popular resort island of Bali, has returned to pre-2005 Bali bombing levels, a Garuda Indonesia official here said. "Garuda carried 9,000 Australian tourists from Darwin to Bali in January-August 2007. The number represents an increase by 48 percent compared to the figure in the same period last year," Sahrul Tahir, head of Garuda operations in Australia’s Northern Territory, told ANTARA News.

"The number of Australian tourists visiting Bali has increased while their decision to use Garuda Indonesia shows their great trust in Indonesia’s national flag carrier. We have won their confidence again thanks to our competitive ticket prices and perfect timing," he said. Garuda Indonesia flies the Darwin-Denpasar-Jakarta route on Mondays and Fridays with Boeing 737-400s that each has 16 business-class and 117 economic-class seats.