BALI VS PHUKET New Convention Center For 2013 APEC

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 | 6:00 am

Phuket's planned Convention and Exhibition Center could see competition from Bali who are planning a new 250-hectare complex gear up for 2013's APEC Summit.

Christened the Bali International Park (BIP) is located in the popular Jimbaran area and will have a project cost of USD280 million.

Together with a convention and exhibition center, there will be twenty six luxury villas constructed for the heads of state attending APEC along with a medical facility, art and cultural galleries and dining outlets.

Currently a legal zoning process is underway for the change of use for the land from greenbelt to tourism.

The project is not without controversy according to a recent article in the Jakarta Post who singled out comments from local groups who saw the zoning change as counter to a largely non-implented moratorium for new hotel development in southern Bali.

It further went on to say that over 88% of the existing accommodation supply was consolidated into one part of the island and gave little impetus to an outcry for less developed areas to share in the upshot of tourism.

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