The Balinese tourism activity will not be disrupted by the implementation of President’s Election this coming July 8. Moreover the number of tourists’s visits this coming July the Service headword of Pariwisata Bali, Drs IB Subhiksu, it was estimated increased reached 8,000 people per the day. “Now still in the range 6,000-7,000 people per the day,” he said. That was raised by Subhiksu in Sanur, Denpasar, on Wednesday (17/6), after attending the agenda opening of The First ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Students Summit.

The meeting that was opened by SecGen Departemen of Culture and Tourism, Wardiyanto, will take place through to June 19 that, was followed by 83 study students of tourism from ASEAN countries plus China, Japan and Republika Korea. According to Subhiksu, pilpres was not influential towards Balinese tourism, while his implementation took place orderly and safe. Because of that he asked, so that all the related sides go along guarded, so that pilpres ran smoothly. “All the sides must guard, did not have the problem,” said Subhiksu. Was based on the data, the number of foreign tourists who at once flew to Bali continued to increase. In January 2009 reached 164,643 people, in February 2009 139,370 people, in March totalling 161,169 people and April totalling 179,879. The number was still being bigger against the visit figure in the month that be the same the year beforehand, namely 139,872 (in January), 155,153 (in February), 153,929 (in March) and 147,515 (in April). In the meantime in his address in the annual meeting agenda, Wardiyanto said, countries’s ASEAN co-operation plus three took place widely in various sectors. In the sector of tourism mentioned him was built by the co-operation in doing a promotion, among them by compiling the regional program youth travel and while 2009-2010 were made Youth Travellers Years.

Concerning the organising summit, it was said Wardiyanto as the forum for the exchange of the view and the experience between the tourism student, nearby also the profit developed mutual understanding about the diversity of the culture. The tradition and their respective history. “For four meeting days, the participants will get pengetahun knew the development” of “continuous tourism,” he said. In the agenda, performing as the speaker including Special Officer for Tourism and Transportation Infrastructure Division of ASEAN Secretariat, Edy Krismeidi, business Development Divison Head PT BTDC, Indra Suryatmaja. Went along also sent the presentation, the Head of the Centre of the Pariwisata Research and Unud Culture, Agung Suryawan Indonesian Archipelago.