THE BALI Hotels Association (BHA) is reporting an influx of new bookings that has somewhat offset cancellations at hotels that usually cater to Japanese travellers.
Chairman Jean-Charles Le Coz said in BHA’s newsletter published yesterday: “Some of our member hotels have reported that they are seeing a ‘balancing out’ effect with the Japanese market.”
Le Coz also noted that independent of the recent crisis in Japan, arrivals to Bali from there had already begun to decrease in 2009 due to its economic difficulties.
“Given the encouraging results to date from the Australian, Singaporean, Malaysian and Middle Eastern markets, we’re confident that Bali arrivals will continue to surge,” he added.
