** Mailing List Nasional Indonesia PPI India Forum ** Ada dua artikel berita yg menarik di situs Jakarta Post hari ini. Yang pertama: Aussies not happy with RI visa policy Bali Hotels Association (BHA) hosted a marketing seminar for its members at Conrad Bali Resort and Spa last weekend. The one-day seminar focused on distribution channels for travel purchases, increased competitive markets between Bali and Australia. The meeting also touched on pricing and value-added strategies. The seminar concluded that the number of Australians coming to Bali is sharply increasing but many of them are uncomfortable with Indonesia's visa-on-arrival process. This, the seminar emphasized will likely encourage travel destination choices beyond Bali, especially in the highly competitive travel environment. The association currently has 63 members comprising general managers of star hotels, resorts in Bali. A number of directors of sales and marketing as well as public relations managers also attended the event. The seminar presented a number of prominent speakers including Ian Norris, owner of San Michele Travel in Australia, Craig Sinclair, publisher and Partner in Travel Talk Media Group in Australia and other noted presenters. According to Norris, 99 percent of Australian departures to Indonesia (or around 265,000), in 2004, were destined to Bali. He said that Indonesia was the second-most visited destination for Australians after New Zealand. He added that the number of Australians visiting Indonesia reached 17 percent of the country's international departures. In 2002, the number of Australians holidaying in Bali sharply declined because of the Oct.12.bombing tragedy. Norris suggested a jointly driven marketing campaign between Australia and Bali to further boost and secure business opportunities. For consistency and recognition, he recommended "branding" Bali with a new moniker which could be used by wholesalers, retailers and products themselves, in marketing and promotions. Craig Sinclair of Travel Talk Media Group explained about the posititioning products in the Australian market and how Australians view Bali. He noted that pre 2002 stereotypes of Bali changed post-Bali bomb with the destination ripe for rediscovery. He said Australians thought of Bali as a safe destination and now view it as a leading gateway and a part of Asia. Sinclair suggested there is more opportunity to promote varied products and higher-end accommodation, as Bali isdestination" providing the "equivalent quality of what you can buy in Sydney." Bali is not just cheap T-Shirts and cheap beer anymore, he said. The Association's chairman Robert Kelsall commented," This was a high level information exchange on trends, perceptions, opportunities and developments in tourism businesses between Australia and Bali." Kelsall added that as an information exchange, it provided valuable feedback for participating partners. -- JP http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20050224.Q03&irec= Dan yang satunya lagi: Australian troops prepare to leave tsunami wracked Aceh province BANDA ACEH, Aceh (AP): Australia's military will end its tsunami relief efforts in hardest-hit Aceh province by March 26, holding to an Indonesian government timetable for withdrawal of foreigntroops lending aid to the battered region, the force commander said on Thursday. About 1,000 Australian soldiers have been flying relief operations, treating sick patients, cleaning up muddy streets and providing clean water to tsunami survivors since the week after the giant waves hit on Dec. 26, killing more that 123,000 people in Aceh and leaving another 400,000 homeless. They were among troops from more than a dozen nations, including some 15,000 from the United States, that helped in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. "We have done what we came to do and our task force is preparing to return to Australia," Brig. David Chalmers, the commander of the Australian task force in Aceh, told reporters in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. "We have reached a point where military assistance is no longer necessary." Chalmers also said he was hopeful the cooperation with Indonesian forces in Aceh would bolster overall military-to-military relations. 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