Kuta (Antara Bali)- The local tourism industry has incurred losses
worth around Rp45 billion due to the impact of Mount Barujari`s eruption
in neighboring West Nusa Tenggara Province, according to the Bali
tourism office.
"(Frequent) closures of the airport caused losses amounting to some
Rp45 billion," Head of the Bali tourism office Agung Yuniartha stated
here on Monday.
Until the morning of Nov. 9, some 25 thousand foreign tourists had
cancelled their visit to Bali as the airport had been frequently closed
since Nov. 3.
The Bali tourism industry was significantly affected since the tourists had to cancel their hotel bookings.
"Overall, the tourism industry has suffered losses in revenue. There
were cancellations of hotel room reservations. The loss is estimated to
reach US$1.5 thousand on a daily basis," he affirmed.
A total of at least 700 flights were cancelled due to the airport being closed several times.
Since its closure on Sunday due to the volcanic ash spewed by Mount
Barujari, the Bali airport was reopened on Monday morning.
However, two Australian airlines Jetstar and Virgin Australia
decided to cancel all their flights to and from the Indonesian island of
Bali on Monday.
In July and August, the Bali airport was closed on several instances
due to the eruption of Mount Raung located in East Java province. (WDY)
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