The governor said that for Bali to become an economic corridor was in accordance with the Master Plan of the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI 2011-2025).
"In the MP3EI Bali is defined as the corridor and gateway for tourists who want to visit East Java, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)," Governor Mangku Pastika said.
Pastika added that in terms of infrastructure the province has been ready to become gateway of tourism, not only for tourist who wanted to visit East Java, NTB, and NTT, but also to Makassar, Papua, and other destinations across the country.
Even in the near future another international airport will be built at the northern part of Bali, a toll road across the water, an underpass at Dewa Ruci junction in Kuta, and a rail road around the island for railway tourism.
"And again I say that Bali is absolutely ready to support the MP3EI 2011-2025," the governor said.
He asserted that there was no problem whatsoever with tourism spatial planning in Bali as a the gateway of tourism in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, culture and tourism spokesman for human resources development Gede Pitana said that as a gateway of tourism, Bali should be able to be a knot of tourism activities to some other areas, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia.
Therefore he added that to be a tourism gateway, the design of tourism development should be done orderly, systematically, and in a measurable way.
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