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Are you going to visit Bali? I guess that now you are looking for the accommodation, looking for the best hotel to stay in Bali that best suited with your budget. Besides the hotel to stay, you also need the best travel agent. So you are not only going around without special purpose or destination. Although you are going on your vacation, it doesn’t mean that you do not need to set everything up, right? So, here is Bali travel agents list you can contact before finally spend your precious time here. This list is completed with the address and phone number you can call. If you want to make a call from your country, you may first read Cell Phone Service in Indonesia and also Indonesia Phone Code . Maybe they are not the best travel agency, but you can be sure that they will do their best to help you by offering various holiday packages, finding the best hotel in Bali, and taking you to the very best places to visit in Bali. Hope you can enjoy your holiday then… Here is the Bali trave...

The Makassar Trans Studio World Theme Park is actually the biggest indoor theme park in the world. Your question is maybe why this indoor theme park is built in Makassar? As we know that Makassar is not that big compared to cities in Java. Well, her is the answer: it marks the country's attempt to spread its growth across thus huge archipelago. Indonesia is not only Java, Jakarta, or Bali. Hehe… Today, Makassar is the largest city in eastern Indonesia. It has been a long time for this city to serve as the eastern gateway to the eastern part of Indonesia. Trans Studio Resort is the area of integrated tourism in Makassar, Indonesia. This theme park was built of 12,7 hectares with investment of more than IDR 1 trillion. Equipped with many facilities in the shopping center which includes the Trans Walk and Rodeo Drive, and Studio Trans, Trans Hotel, and the office of Bank Mega. Trans Studio building is built around 22,000 m² with 20 meters high which is the largest indoor amus...

After ten years of conflict in Maluku, the tourism sector in Saparua , Central Maluku, Maluku, slowly evolves to something greater than before. The small island covering an area of ​​247 square kilometers is not only offering natural charm, but also traces of historical arrival of Europeans in the archipelago. Saparua, which is about 50 miles from Ambon, the capital of Maluku, can be reached by speedboat for just an hour from Tulehu , a port in Central Maluku, Ambon Island. Saparua has a population of 36,698 local inhabitant. Along with two other islands nearby Haruku and Nusa Laut , Moluccas tour had been a favorite, before the riots in 1999. Chairman of the Maluku Travel Agents Association, Tony Tomasoa, said that before 1999, Saparua competed with Banda Saparua island - other tourist icons in the spice islands of Maluku as tourism destinations. Two of these sites have always been a reference for tourists who spend their vacation in the Moluccas. Saparua, surrounded by the Banda Sea...

Wings Air began operating the new route today from Malang - Denpasar, pp every day with the flight number IW 1841, departs from Abdul Rahman Saleh Malang Airport at 14:25 pm. While the flight number IW 1840 departs from Denpasar Ngurah Rai Airport at 14.00 pm. In February 2011, Wings Air has been carrying out orders for purchasing 15 ATR 72 - 500 series units. Between Wings Air and the ATR (Avions de Transport Regional). Thus, Wings Air will operate 30 planes. Wings Air started operating ATR 72 series 500 with 72 seats in Indonesia in January 2010 and until February 2011 had been received and operates 10 planes. Expected five more planes will gradually be received until August 2011. With the addition of a new fleet, Wings Air wants to improve its services, especially the comfort and security of the flight, as well as developing markets and increasing revenue to the airline to grow in line with the development of Lion Air. Achmad Hasan - Wings Air CEO - says that this new route fr...

I bet you know Bali very well. What about West Nusa Tenggara? Do you know there are many places you can visit? Well, some Indonesian Travel Agents include one or two days spent in Lombok in their Bali travel package. Some tourism destinations have been well known among domestic and foreign tourists. But, in general, those tourists only know the Senggigi beach, and those three Gilis – Gili Trawangan, Meno, and Air (Water). But of course, West Nusa Tenggara has many other places to visit. There are 10 beautiful places to visit. The West Nusa Tenggara local government commits to do whatever it takes to develop those great tourism spots. Here they are: Mataram Metro. This spot is developed to be the central of culinary and cultural tourism spot in Mataram. Senggigi Beach and the three Gilis (Gili Trawangan, Meno, and Air). The local government wants to develop these spots as MICE Center (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Exhibition) Rinjani National Park. Tano Corrid...

Cell phone service in Indonesia is now much better than some years ago. Now you have many choices to pick up when deciding which cell phone service for you when you are travelling across the country. Here is the list of Indonesia’s cell phone service provider: GSM Telkomsel: Simpati, As, Halo Indosat: Im3, Mentari, Matrix Excelcomindo Pratama: XL Hutchinson: 3 NTS: Axis CDMA Telkom Flexi Mobile 8: Fren Indosat: StarOne Smart AHA Are you a Blackberry user? Don’t worry, you can still hang around with your BlackBerry in Indonesia. Almost all those providers have agreement with BlackBerry. Cell Phone Service in Indonesia: History The first thing you need to know about traveling to Indonesia and looking for cell phone service is the region’s wireless history. Back in 1998, Indonesia was in financial crisis which was the cellular boom for most of the developing world. The local currency in Indonesia, rupiah, fell by more than 90% whi...