Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island (strictly speaking, the province covers a few small neighbouring islands as well as the isle of Bali).
With a population recorded as 3,891,000 in the 2010 census, the island is home to most of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. In the 2000 census about 92.29% of Bali's population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.
Three decades ago, the Balinese economy was largely agriculture-based in terms of both output and employment. Tourism is now the largest single industry; and as a result, Bali is one of Indonesia’s wealthiest regions. About 80% of Bali's economy depends on tourism. By end of June 2011, non-performing loan of all banks in Bali were 2.23 percent average, relatively quite low compare to about 5 percent average of Indonesian banking industry non-performing loan. The economy, however, suffered significantly as a result of the terrorist bombings 2002 and 2005. The tourism industry is slowly recovering once again.
Balinese and Indonesian are the most widely spoken languages in Bali, and the vast majority of Balinese people are bilingual or trilingual. There are several indigenous Balinese languages, but most Balinese can also use the most widely spoken option: modern common Balinese. The usage of different Balinese languages was traditionally determined by the Balinese caste system and by clan membership, but this tradition is diminishing. Sanskrit is also commonly used by some Hindu priests in Bali, for Hinduism literature was mostly written in Sanskrit.
English is a common third language (and the primary foreign language) of many Balinese, owing to the requirements of the tourism industry. Other foreign languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German or Hindi are often used in multilingual signs for foreign tourists. (Source : Wikipedia )
In 2010, there are 2,5 Million tourist (Local Tourist + Abroad Tourist ) had visit Bali and give much Income for Bali and Indonesia. I had 4 times had gone to Bali__I think Bali have really much tourism place...really wonderful and interisting_I will show you some of the tourism thin in Bali :
1. KUTA BEACH
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2. SANUR BEACH
3. NUSA DUA BEACH
4. JIMBARAN BEACH
5. GARUDA WISNU KENCANA STATUE
6. PURA TANAH LOT
7. GOA GAJAH
8. TRADITIONAL DANCE
9. BALI RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
THIS IS BALI WITH WONDERFUL TOURISM PLACE AND BEATIFUL CULTURE---WE PROUD OF YOU INDONESIA--JAYALAH INDONESIA
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