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Bali puts a hold on new hotel developments
The Bali provincial administration has issued a moratorium on new hotel developments in the island’s three main tourist areas.
Officials want to see tourism development spread beyond the three areas — Denpasar, Bali’s capital, and the Badung and Gianyar districts — and bring financial benefits to more of the island.
“Permits for new hotel developments in those areas are halted until further notice,” provincial spokesman I Ketut Teneng said on Monday.
He said there were 45,557 hotel rooms in the island, 85 percent of which were located in Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar.
The regulation, he said, was aimed at encouraging tourism development in the west and north of the island.
Administration officials discussed the impending regulation with the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), tourism businesspeople and the Bali Tourism Board at the end of January.
“As of January 5, the BKPM is no longer issuing permits for foreign investment in hotel construction in Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar,” Nyoman Suwirya Patrasaid, head of the BKPM’s Bali branch, said on Monday. The moratorium, he added, also applies to domestic investors.
Bali Puts Brakes on Hotels in Hot Spots | The Jakarta Globe
However, the Badung regional government doesn't agree with Made Pastika's ruling.
It will be interesting to see if the "25 buildings standing within the 5 kilometer forbidden zone surrounding Uluwatu Temple" get the demolition order.If so, developers may have to re-think their plans for building new hotels and villas in the Badung area.
From balidiscovery.com
Don't Let the Rules Get in the Way
Badung Regency Resisting Governor's Order to Halt New Hotel
Investments and Demolish Illegal Buildings in South Bali.
(2/7/2011) Holding true to his pledge to push on with full implementation of Bali's new zoning law (RTRW) [See: Legal Challenge to Bali's New Zoning Law Fails], governor Made Mangku Pastika has dispatched three letters that are now causing some concern for the Badung regional government which controls much of the island's south.
The three letters in question are:
• Letter No. 645/61/Sat Pol Dated January 14, 2011 calling for the demolishing of 25 buildings standing within the 5 kilometer forbidden zone surrounding Uluwatu Temple.
• Letter No. 660.1/2080/Bid.Was/BLH regarding control of spatial use zoning issues.
• Letter No. 570/1665/BPM ordering a temporary moratorium on principle agreements or investment registrations for hotels and guests house.
According to the Bali Post, the governor's letters have prompted the chairman of the Badung House of Representatives (DPRD-Badung) to call a meeting of legislators to discuss how best to respond to the governor's demands which are seen as especially burdensome for the Badung regency.
The chairman of Commission B of the DPRD-Badung and also the chairman of a special committee for the Badung Zoning regulations (RTRW Badung), Putu Parwata, said that the final revisions of a separate RTRW for Badung are in now hand. While the Badung version largely conforms with the provincial zoning law, there are a few areas in which changes have been made to address the "special circumstances" of the Badung regency. To cite just one example, Parwata mentioned the prohibition on new permits for tourism accommodation, saying: "this letter is very detrimental to the situation of Badung which derives much of its regional tax revenues from tourism. So, it will be very difficult for us to implement this requirement."
Parwata labeled as not only "difficult" but "impossible" the order from the governor to demolish buildings standing within a 5 kilometer radius of the Uluwatu temple. The regional legislator pointedly asked who would compensate the losses that will result if the demolishing takes place. Moreover, he said that there were tens of buildings that would have to be torn down representing substantial investments. "This is really difficult, What's more, it's not clear who must be responsible for demolishing the buildings, the province of the regency?" asked Parwata.
Parwata said better coordination was needed between the various elements of the Bali's provincial and regional governments, demanding that intervention and interference (in the region's affairs) be kept to a minimum. He pointed to zoning rules where Badung has established its own guidelines in accordance with local conditions. Purwata also said that the new provincial RTRW represented insufficient grounds to demolish the buildings standing within 5 kilometers of the Uluwatu temples, particularly in light of the far-reaching legal and social implications that will result.
Regarding a moratorium on issuing new permits for investment in tourism accommodation, Parwata said such a ruling with "kill" the Badung regency.
A special session of the DPRD-Badung will soon be convened to compose a formal written response to the governor, calling on Pastika to repeal his letters.
Bali News: Don't Let the Rules Get in the Way
I was told that money had already changed hands & this will allow the hotels to stay.Must have been some large brown paper bags!!!
hahaha...they could start tearing down the Kabupaten Badung office it self since that is build insode a green-zone
don't read between the lines..i think the words are clear enough...:)
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