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Bali gets the heat back

After a desperately slow business pace lastlarge private villas, especially beachfronts
year in related to the second bomb attack,are well booked. "We started running out of
Bali is now taking the heat back. Bali isvillas since two months back, especially the
experiencing a near-record in hotel andlarge ones with four bedrooms or more.
flight bookings for upcoming Christmas andExquisite properties like beachfronts and
New Year holidays, reflecting a never endingthose at Uluwatu clifftop booked out even
interest to the repeatedly voted the worldearlier. Most are aftering anywhere near
best island destination. Even the ousted ThaiSeminyak, however, as none are any longer
Prime Minister Thaksin is taking hisavailable, we start sending guests to remote
pre-Christmas  holiday  in  the  Island.areas like Candidasa and Amed" confirmed
Wisna Wedhana, the managing director of the
The local flag carrier Garuda Indonesiaagency. "They mostly research the internet
operating ten daily services from Jakarta toand find that options are running out, so
Bali is fully booked for Christmas - New Yearthey do not really care about price any
period. They even have added an extra 2,000longer"  she  continued.
seats to meet the high demand. Local private
airliner flying Jakarta - Denpasar routeRecreation operators are no exceptions. Bali
confirmed  similar  situation.Adventure Tours who has hosted celebrities
like Claudia Schiffer and David Beckham,
International routes flied by Garuda are alsoreceives thriving bookings both through their
hiking up. Flights from Japan to Bali arewebsite and a wide network of travel agents,
almost fully booked while there is still sixfor its wide range of activities from
weeks away to the season. Singapore Airlineselephant safari of taro to adrenaline taking
which operates three daily return serviceslike white-water rafting, paragliding, and
between Singapore and Bali confirmed theirmountain-biking.
optimism in getting double-digits increase,
compared to the last year, in number ofMost holiday makers make between three to
passengers traveling from Singapore to Baliseven days. Hotels, mostly those with Russian
for the upcoming Christmas - New Year holidayclientele expect longer stays. However villa
seasons.rentals show different pattern. Clients stay
in a range of seven days to two weeks.
Leading hotels in Nusa Dua and Kuta are in"Mostly ten days, but some go up to a month"
average recorded 85% of occupancy for theconfirms  Villa  Rental  Bali.
period, the remainder will be well sold in
the upcoming weeks. The surge does not onlyAny plan to make a holiday in Bali? Hurry up,
affect those popular areas. Matahari Beachboth flight and accommodations are running
Resort at the north shore, with pricesout quite quickly. For those thinking of
soaring  up  to  $466  expects  a full house.villa accommodation, only small private
villas with one or two bedrooms are still
The new style of holiday accommodation,available, if you come in large group, the
private villa rentals, has startedchance is hosted in a number of small villas
identifying the surge even well before. Villanext to each others in a complex, or Villa
Rental Bali, one of Bali leading holidayRental Bali still has a beachfront four
rental agents representing virtually all thebedrooms villa at Amed, scuba diving capital
luxury villas on the island, confirms thatof Bali.



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