Malang News and Photos

Another affordable train service from Malang to Bandung. If you want to go to Bandung from Malang , or in vice versa, starting from April 30, 2010 you don’t have to transit in Surabaya anymore. The Indonesia Train Service launches the “Malabar” – the train that serves the Malang – Bandung train route. According to Adji Djulianto, the chief of Kota Malang Train Station , Malabar will have 9 railway coaches that consists of 2 executives, 3 business class, and two economic class, one for dining car and one for freight car. Based on the survey, Adji said that the demand for a train that serves the Malang – Bandung train route is relatively high. Before this, if people want to go to Bandung from Malang, or from Bandung to Malang, they take the bus. If they want to take the train, they have to go to Surabaya first. What about the Malabar’s ticket’s fare? For executive class, it is Rp. 220.000,- Business class: Rp. 150.000,- ; and economic class: Rp. 90.000,- The good news is

The erasing of a short visit visa (VoA) 7 days will affect travelers from visiting the target Asian markets, so that it needs to be preserved. If the Directorate of Immigration and Culture Tourism Ministry agreed to evaluate the policy after three months of enforced on January 26, 2010, the market reaction will be shifted to another country trip. Finally, Indonesia will only accept the results of the deterioration of the visit of the major markets of Asia like China, Japan, India and South Korea.  People who come from Asean to Indonesia do not need VoA, especially those who come to visit Bintan and Batam via Singapore. It is much more easier to have short visit foreign tourist than to have foreign tourists that stay for 30 days or more. The data from the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics in January 2010, There were is 356,729 people from China, Malaysia 735,797 people, 116,101 Indians, 84,302 people Philippines, South Korea's 217,446 people, Japanese’s 444,975 people and