Author: balimoon

Hard Rock Hotel hosted a successful charity concert in support of Solemen Indonesia’s work on behalf of some of Bali’s least fortunate residents. The concert on Saturday, June 20, 2015, raised  more than US$25,000. Read more from balidiscovery.com here … 

After several mis-starts and premature announcement by the Minister of Tourism in April, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo signed on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 a presidential regulation expanding visa free status to an expanded list of nations. Read more from balidiscovery.com here …

For the second year running Garuda Indonesia has been awarded “The World’s Best Cabin Crew” for 2015 by the independent airline ranking agency, Skytrax on Tuesday 16 June at the 2015 World Airline Awards in Paris, France. Read more from beatmag.com here … 

The Bali Beach Run is Bali’s first running event organized wholly on the beachfront and conceived to offer fun and recreation to participants of all ages. Organized by PT Trijaya  Dewata, the first Bali Beach Run was staged in November of 2013 attracting more than 1,500 athletes from around the world. This year’s event, scheduled for Sunday, September 6, 2015, is expected to drawn more than 1,800 participants to run the length of Kuta-Legian-Seminyak. Read more from balidiscovery.com here … 

The State News Agency Antara and Beritabali.com report thatBali’s Ngurah Rai International Airporthas been ranked #3 within its category in an Airport Service Quality Survey (ASQ) conducted by Airport Council International (ACI). The ranking covering Q1 of 2015 saw Bali’s air gateway ranked 3rd worldwide among airports serving between 15 and 25 million passengers annually. Read more from balidiscovery.com here …

Planet Earth celebratedWorld Environment Day on June 5, 2015 seeking, as it does each year on that date, to enhance global awareness of the need for positive action behalf of the environment.  To mark the occasion, the Bali Safari & Marine Park invited children from a local orphanage to visit their 40-hectare complex that is home to more than 60 species of animals in order to obtain an understanding of the importance of protecting the Earth by adopting a green lifestyle. Read more from balidiscovery.com here … 

The State News Agency Antara reports that Bali’s governor Made Mangku Pastika plans to install solar energy cells in provincial government offices. “We will begin with the Governor’s office,” said Pastika when describing his plans for solar energy in a meeting with PLN (State Electricity Board)officials on Monday, June 1, 2015. Read more from balidiscovery.com here …