bali highlights - 1st week - june 2016

Muslims in Bali along with Indonesia will keep their first fast on 6th June after the sighting of Ramadan Moon was confirmed by Saudia Arabia. Ramadan is a holy month that muslims all around the world look forward to every year which is followed by Id ul Fitri which is one of their biggest holy event of the year. We are sharing the sehr o iftar timings for our muslim brothers and tourists who are enjoying their ramadan in Bali.

Bali has been honored to host the World Inter-Parliament forum for 2016. The event will take place on 20-21st September, attended by 4-500 delegates. Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika enthusiastically welcomed and already started to devise a welcome plan for the delegates as it is going to help in boosting the tourism in Bali.

Two foreign vessels has recently been detained by the Indonesian Navy for the suspicion of fishing illegally in the waters of Raja Ampat, West Papua Province. The foreign vessels belong to Philippine and Vietnam which were carrying over 8 ton of sea cucumbers with no permit of entering Indonesian waters.

The Indonesian Tourism Ministry has been very active recently in its plan to launch " Wonderful Morotai Island", a program designed to re-design and transform the Halmahera Island, North Maluku, into a world-class tourist destination.