segunda-feira, 1 de setembro de 2008

Tourists to Timor as it's 'better than Bali'

NICK CALACOURAS
September 1st, 2008

FORGET Bali - Aussie tourists could jump from Darwin to have a relaxing holiday in East Timor.
East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao said Australian tourists could be a driving force for the war-torn country's economy.
"I believe that when Australians know our country, they will prefer our country instead of Bali," he said.
Mr Gusmao said East Timor did not have the infrastructure for large-scale tourism, but said new hotels, scuba-diving firms and a new Lonely Planet travel guide had made the country more attractive.
He said scuba-diving could increase tourism from 10 Australians a year to 100 a month.
"It is the cleanest water in the world. The most beautiful corals.
"We too have Nemo."
Airnorth's 90-minute Darwin to Dili route is Australia's only flight to East Timor.
Chief executive Michael Bridge said the airline's 12 flights to Dili ferry 300 passengers a week.
"They have limited tourist options, but they have great potential," he said. "It's a beautiful country with beautiful people."
Mr Bridge said the flights to the country dropped to a third of the passengers since the political upheaval in the late '90s.
"We've been in constant decline since then. But now there is some stability in the country."
Tourism NT president Sylvia Wolf was sceptical of the plan to turn East Timor into a tourism destination. "They haven't got it all together yet," she said.
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta boasted of the country's beaches and scuba diving at the North Australia Forum in June.
But he said the country must first deal with a small porcine problem.
"I haven't seen a city in my life that has so many pigs as my city."

6 comentários:

Anónimo disse...

Sera que os precos de Hotel sao tao baratos como Bali?

Sera que os vendedores ambulantes serao Timorenses ou Indonesios a aproveitarem-se da facilidade do visa de $1.00 por dia sem limite?
Se forem Indonesios o dinheiro nao ficara em Timor.

Precisamos mais de acomodacao para os turistas eque sejam baratas e limpas com agua e eletricidade. Nao so em Dili mas em todos os distritos.

Anónimo disse...

Natal em Timor. Ja comprei bilhete.

Anónimo disse...

Vou ficar 10 dias no HTimor. Ta bem?

Primo JCR trata da acomodacao.

Anónimo disse...

cancela ami atu ba liur. jos21

Anónimo disse...

Grau a grau enche a galinha o papo.

Aos poucos Timor sera um importante destino turistico da regiao superior a Bali.

Digo isto porque Bali ja nao e' novidade e alem disso o estado practicamente virgem dos mares de Timor, os recifes de corais, as muitas praias de areia preta a areia branca e fina, as majesticas montanhas e vales sao muitas vezes superiores a Bali.

Claro que nao queremos que com o tempo Timor se transforme num Bali. Isso seria desastroso.

Mas acho graca que a presidente do turismo de Darwin nao acredite. Pudera, a eventuar-se Darwin passaria a ser somente uma cidade de transito entre as outras cidades da Australia e Timor.

Anónimo disse...

Timor e' muitas vezes mais lindo que Bali.

Falta e' as infraestruturas de apoio ao sector turistico.

Uma vez havendo isso, paz e estabilidade, esquece Bali.