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Hotel Rooms in Brisbane and Perth Are The Most Expensive Ones in the World

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Not because of the strengthening Australian dollar, but the price of hotel rooms in Brisbane and Perth , including one of the most expensive in the world. According to the Hotel Room Price Index compiled by Hotels.com, the average price of hotel rooms in Brisbane today is 174 Australian dollars (nearly USD 1.5 million), while in Perth, worth the price of one night room 184 Australian dollars (nearly USD 1.65 million) . In the capital of two states in Australia, the demand for hotel rooms increased due to boom in the mineral. The workers earn high salaries - with a truck driver can earn a salary of Rp 1 billion a year - and the limitations of the available hotel room, make hotel room rates there rose more than 15 percent over the last year. According to the Reuters correspondent Sastra Wijaya L, the average price of hotel rooms in Australia also rose to 166 Australian dollars a night, because of high demand. The most expensive hotel room prices in Australia are in the Whitsunday ...

Santika Premiere Jakarta – The Best 4-Star Hotel in Jakarta

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Santika Premiere Jakarta | This hotel is definitely more than able to give you the best. Santika Hotel is one of the most successful hotel owned by Kompas Group. On the last Indonesia Tourism Award, Santika Premiere Jakarta achieved the best 4-star hotel award. As the winner of 5 star hotel category, we have Mulia Senayan Jakarta, and In the meantime, Mulia Senayan Jakarta as the Best 5-star hotel, and the Aroma’s Kuta as the best 3-star hotel. Bandar Jakarta Restaurant won the Best Restaurant award. While Plaza Senayan got the most favorite mall award. The Paris Van Java mall is the best mall outside Jakarta. Garuda Indonesia got the Favorite Full Service Flight award. As the most favorite economic flight service, we got Sriwijaya Air. What about the best travel agent ? Panorama Tour is the winner. Some categories that have been surveyed in the Indonesia Tourism Award are including best supporting tourism industry that is divided into sub-sectors categories, such as star...

Ubud: The Next Icon Of Bali

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Bali is not only Kuta and other beautiful beaches. However, Bali has other charms, which is a strong culture. One of them is Ubud which has offered cultural attractions for tourists since a long time ago. Ubud will become the next icon of Bali. This is a statement of the Chairman of Ubud Hotels Association, Heri Sumawan. Heri said Ubud is the flagship product of cultural tourism. In contrast to the tourism which brings modernity, he said, cultural tourism is not going to change, but is deeply entrenched in local society. The same thing is expressed also by Tjokorda Oka Artha Sukawati Ardhana. He said that the context of the Bali tourism is cultural tourism. "Ubud is the center of Balinese culture. I dare say that the cultural center of Ubud Bali as we see from the history and civilization of Bali, Ubud sudat recorded since the 9th century," said Tjokorda. He added Ubud area has developed into tourism since 1930. At that time, the people of Europe promoted Ubud to th...

Is it Expensive To Visit Ubud?

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Is it really expensive to visit Ubud? Many are thinking that visiting Ubud is expensive. At least, that assumption is often heard from domestic tourists when they hear the Ubud as a tourist destination. However, is that assumption true? "Indeed, if you want to compare it to Kuta or Legian, Ubud is a little more expensive. But it was very different. People come to Ubud to find peace," said Ketut Sumartono of Ubud Hotels Association (UHA). However, he added, if you want to compare Ubud Nusa Dua resort area, then Ubud accommodation is much cheaper. Ubud gives you many choices of accommodation ranging from hotels, resorts, villas, houses to rent and homestay. This makes Ubud also interesting for visitors with low budget in their pocket. There is a hotel with Hotel in Ubud that will cost you $500 thousand per night, but that’s for the starry one. In Ubud, hotel rates are stable, not too much fluctuation, because the competition is not as tight as in Kuta. According to Ketut, ...