In Reply to: All you that have returned recently help posted by coopers on Wednesday, 28. February 2007 at 13:39 Bali Time:
IMPROVEMENTS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY
Australia's leading private security company, SNP Security, has conducted an extensive security audit of Bali to gauge recent improvements to safety and security on the island.
The Managing Director of SNP Security, Tom Roche, says Bali today is in a visibly and vastly more improved security situation than ever before.
SNP Security was commissioned to conduct the audit by Sydney-based Public Affairs company S2i Communications, as part of the drive to quantify claims of security improvements in Bali.
S2i CEO, Wayne Tregaskis, says any revised assessments of security in Bali must be based on tangible facts.
'Any claims of Bali being a safe destination for travelers to visit, needs to be treated seriously and the security audit was one such way of doing that,' says Wayne.
'What the SNP Security audit has provided is evidence that it is an appropriate time for Bali to resume its place on the list of desirable holiday destinations for Australians.
'It has also provided an opportunity for those promoting the island to do so with a higher degree of confidence in relation to safety and security matters.
'Certainly travelers everywhere need to maintain a higher level of security consciousness than they did prior to 9/11, but Bali can no longer be singled out as being any less secure than any of the other destinations of the world such as London, New York or Madrid.'