Hi, I know this is a BALI website.. but often people that visit Bali consider doing a "side trip" to Yogjakarta.... it is such a beautiful and traditional city...it really needs your support... please visit if you can.. .I just returned from there last sunday...my 6th trip..
YOGYAKARTA (Antara): Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengku Buwono X said his province's tourism had been seriously affected by a series of disasters that had hit the region recently.
"A series of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cold lava streams, whirlwinds and the crash of a Garuda Indonesia airplane has affected Yogyakarta's tourism ,"Hamengku Buwono said Monday.
The Yogyakarta governor made the remarks at a seminar on revitalization of Yogyakarta's tourism.
Yogyakarta's tourism industry has plunged into a saddening situation as a consequence of natural disasters, he said.
"One disaster happened after another over a relatively short period of time. Hardly had we begun to recover from one disaster or another happened," he said.
Yogyakarta has at least 109 tourist destinations, namely 21 ancient temples, 14 beaches, 12 cultural tourism sites, 14 spots of religious interest, 36 museums, 8 natural tourism destinations and four flora and fauna tourist objects. (***)