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Funding crisis for Bali’s Crisis Centre
DENPASAR – Bali Update (www.balidiscovery.com) carries a report from Bisnis Bali that the Indonesian Department of Culture and Tourism is in the process of gathering input from tourism stakeholders prior to the establishment of a formal Crisis Centre.
While tourism officials admit funding for the proposed centre remains elusive, the secretary general for the Department of Culture and Tourism, Wardiatmo, said a meeting held in Bali on April 1, 2008 represented the embryonic steps necessary to the final creation of a fully-fledged centre.
Explaining further, Wardiatmo said a Crisis Centre was needed to face the challenges of the unexpected, such as Bali’s past terrorist attacks.
The media centre established following the October 2002 and October 2005 bombing attacks could serve as the framework for the proposed Crisis Centre “needed to face future unexpected eventualitiesâ€.
While remaining uncommitted as to when the proposed Crisis Centre would come into operation, Wardiatmo said that input from the entire tourism industry needs to be collected and funding for the project identified before it could go ahead.
The Bali chairman of the Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agents (ASITA), Al Purwa, told the secretary general that without the proper funding securely in place it would be better if no Crisis Centre was established.
But, he added, were the necessary funds secured, such a centre should have at its core an established communications and action plan for Bali to face the next “crisis” that befalls the Island.
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