The chief of Bali Provincial Transportation Office has announced that Indonesia’s island resort of Bali will soon build a modern port for foreign cruise ships.

However, it is expected that foreign cruise ships passing by this port will also visit the paradise island for some days. It is estimated that even if the half of the 300 cruise ships visit Bali, both the islands tourist industry and economy will grow.

As eTurboNews reports, the construction of the port was financed by the government.

Putu Sujana said the modern port for cruise ships was under construction in Karangasem district with a financial support from the central government, Bali provincial administration, and Karangasem district administration.

In 2007, not less than 17 cruise ships and in 2006, 15 cruise ships, stopped at the old port in Karangasem. Very soon this number is expected to grow. The construction of the port is expected to be finished by 2009.

Putu Sujana, chief of Bali Provincial Transportation Office also said.

Putu Sujana said that before the Bali bombing tragedy, more than 20 cruise ships made a stop in Bali, and in 1995 alone 70 of them with hundreds of thousands of tourists arrived in the resort island.

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