DENPASAR ~

The administration of Bali province has set a target of 30 million tourists arrivals for 2029, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika said here Tuesday.

“We have set a target to receive 30 million tourists in 2029. As compared to Singapore, whose land area is only one seventh of Bali Island, the city state can attract 37 million tourists every year,” the governor noted.

According to him, Bali will be able to achieve the target by constructing supporting infrastructures and developing new tourism destinations.

Pastika added that the high target does not mean that tourism offered by Bali is mass tourism as administrations will be selecting tourists and deciding who will be allowed to come to the island so that the environment here can be maintained.

“If the environment is good, we can be a green and organic province that attracts classy communities,” he stated.

The governor affirmed that the administration will not promote Bali in a cheap way and will project the island as a luxurious tourism destination.

“To make Bali a classy tourism destination, we have to make it healthy, beautiful, and green,” Pastika noted, adding that the tourism sector in Bali has been directed to be environmentally friendly.

The administration of Bali province is targeting four million tourist visits in 2015.

The average number of tourist arrivals in Bali in recent years had been over three million.