Re: [bali-bali] the Island of Thieves

Mungkin semangat BOS bisa memulai ke arah itu??????

 

 

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From: Sugi Lanús

To: bali-bali@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:09 PM

Subject: Re: [bali-bali] the Island of Thieves

Sepertinya harus ada institusi non goverment yang perlu melakukan
gugatan atau penyaluran/pelaporan hal-hal seperti ini. Sangat sayang
dana promosi besar keluar negeri dari Pemda, tapi dirusak maling
murahan begini.

On 11/5/08, eka santosa <eka_san@indo.net.id> wrote:
> Pak Darma,
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> Saya sedih mendengar berita seperti ini.Kapan ya kita bisa berubah untuk
> berpikir jangka panjang.
>
> Kasihan Bali yang disebut sebagai Island of God sekarang dinodai ulah di
> pintu masuk oleh orang-orang Bali sendiri.
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> Sukma, Ida Sang Hayang Widhi ngamertanin Bapak.
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>
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> Salam
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> Eka Santosa
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> From: bali-bali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bali-bali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of darma putra
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:08 PM
> To: bali-bali@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bali-bali] the Island of Thieves
>
>
>
> dari The Jakarta Post
>
> http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/04/letter-tricky-porters-bali-airport.html
>
> Tricky porters at Bali airport
>
> As a tourist who spends long holidays on Bali, I would like to call the
> attention of local authorities to the age-old problem visitors must face at
> the international arrival area of Ngurah Rai airport.
> To begin with, the free trolleys are stored at the far end of the arrival
> area, so out of sight that the vast majority of tourists think the airport
> does not offer this amenity.
>
> Cunning porters read suitcase tags then call the owners by name, inducing
> them to believe they are their guides.
>
>
> Once they (they work in pairs) have latched onto their prey, they stop at
> the first money changer and persuade the arriving tourist to change money.
>
> The banknotes received in exchange are always the highest denomination: Rp
> 100,000 (US$9). Before the tourist can actually meet an official guide, the
> porters have already demanded a tip of Rp 100,000 for each suitcase!
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> If the tourist does not want to buy local currency, the helpful thugs are
> willing to accept 10 dollars or 10 euros, if not more.
>
> Moreover, the scammers have a tacit agreement with the custom officers who
> do no check suitcases escorted by the porters. As for the shameful behavior
> of customs officers, there is so much to say and will be said on another
> occasion.
>
> The notice beside the luggage conveyor which says porterage is not
> compulsory and the customary fee is Rp 20,000 each suitcase is almost always
> overlooked by the exhausted tourists harassed by these notorious porters.
>
>
> I sincerely do hope Bali's authorities take swift action to put an end to
> this disgusting situation which makes the Bali airport perhaps the most
> unwelcoming airport in the world and gives visitors the feeling they have
> landed on the Island of Thieves.
>
> ERNESTO PIGAFETTA
> Denpasar
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