The local government in Bali will impose a Rp 150,000 ($10) tax on tourists entering the 'Island of Gods' from next year to preserve its culture, officials said Wednesday.
Tourist-dependent Bali attracts millions of foreign visitors annually and the beach-dotted island is trying to capitalise on its popularity to boost its coffers and protect its tropical allure.
"The payment of a fee for foreign tourists applies only one time during their visit to Bali," Governor I Wayan Koster told local lawmakers.
The press service of the Ministry of Economic Development has announced that over the past four years, the number of trips by Russian tourists to Uzbekistan has increased more than tenfold - from 37,000 to 403,000 people
The press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region has announced that the first May beetles have begun to wake up in the region
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Roscongress Foundation, the International Exhibition-Forum "Russia", the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, the Committee for Tourism Development of the City of Moscow and the B1 Group of Companies, presented the results of a study of the domestic tourism market in Russia at the IV Russian Tourism Forum "Travel!"
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