"This international event will involve a very large number of participants from many countries around the world,", I Putu Suardhika, the head of the Bali provincial administration's public relations and protocol affairs bureau, said here Friday.
He said, hopefully, the event would further improve the image of Bali, including its tourism, as well as Indonesia's in general in the eyes of the international community.
"Bali Vice Governor AAN Puspayoga received a team from the Culture and Tourism Ministry that gave official explanations about the planned international event," Putu Suarhika said.
According to the Culture and Tourism Ministry team led by Nur Muslim, the Indonesian government had conveyed an offer to host the 8th World Choir Games to the "Interkultur Foundation Germany".
"In the offer, Jakarta and Bali were mentioned as the possible venue for the event, and hopefully, the choice will fall on Bali. Bali is in principle ready and willing to support and host the WCG 2014 event. If the 'Island of Gods' gets the opportunity to host the WCG it will certainly reap many benefits from it," Putu said.
The benefits would include orders to meet the consumption needs of 110.000 people, provide 250 tourism buses, 250,000 hotel rooms and aircraft tickets for the festival's guests.
Bali deserved to be chosen as the host, according to Putu Suardhika, because the province was the ultimate tourism destination for Indonesians as well as foreigners. Besides, Bali also has appropriate facilities for the games, apart from the attractions of its unique culture and arts.
"The types of choir that will compete in the international festival are gospel , folk , pop, and jazz vocal groups. It will also feature a dance competition. The conpetition categories are for children, adolescents, women, men, and mixed groups," Putu Suardhika added. (*)
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