| After a desperately slow business pace last | | | | large 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 is | | | | villas since two months back, especially the |
| experiencing a near-record in hotel and | | | | large ones with four bedrooms or more. |
| flight bookings for upcoming Christmas and | | | | Exquisite properties like beachfronts and |
| New Year holidays, reflecting a never ending | | | | those at Uluwatu clifftop booked out even |
| interest to the repeatedly voted the world | | | | earlier. Most are aftering anywhere near |
| best island destination. Even the ousted Thai | | | | Seminyak, however, as none are any longer |
| Prime Minister Thaksin is taking his | | | | available, 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 Indonesia | | | | agency. "They mostly research the internet |
| operating ten daily services from Jakarta to | | | | and find that options are running out, so |
| Bali is fully booked for Christmas - New Year | | | | they do not really care about price any |
| period. They even have added an extra 2,000 | | | | longer" she continued. |
| seats to meet the high demand. Local private | | | | |
| airliner flying Jakarta - Denpasar route | | | | Recreation 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 also | | | | receives thriving bookings both through their |
| hiking up. Flights from Japan to Bali are | | | | website and a wide network of travel agents, |
| almost fully booked while there is still six | | | | for its wide range of activities from |
| weeks away to the season. Singapore Airlines | | | | elephant safari of taro to adrenaline taking |
| which operates three daily return services | | | | like white-water rafting, paragliding, and |
| between Singapore and Bali confirmed their | | | | mountain-biking. |
| optimism in getting double-digits increase, | | | | |
| compared to the last year, in number of | | | | Most holiday makers make between three to |
| passengers traveling from Singapore to Bali | | | | seven days. Hotels, mostly those with Russian |
| for the upcoming Christmas - New Year holiday | | | | clientele 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 the | | | | confirms Villa Rental Bali. |
| period, the remainder will be well sold in | | | | |
| the upcoming weeks. The surge does not only | | | | Any plan to make a holiday in Bali? Hurry up, |
| affect those popular areas. Matahari Beach | | | | both flight and accommodations are running |
| Resort at the north shore, with prices | | | | out 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 started | | | | chance is hosted in a number of small villas |
| identifying the surge even well before. Villa | | | | next to each others in a complex, or Villa |
| Rental Bali, one of Bali leading holiday | | | | Rental Bali still has a beachfront four |
| rental agents representing virtually all the | | | | bedrooms villa at Amed, scuba diving capital |
| luxury villas on the island, confirms that | | | | of Bali. |