Mount Agung in Bali (Source:https://en.tempo.co) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - MountAgung, located in the Indonesiantourist island of Bali, erupted again early July, but it had no impacton the country’s tourism industry, according to the Association of theIndonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (Asita).
Chairman of Asita Bali Ketut Ardana recently said that based on the experiencesduring the past eruptions of Mount Agung in June, the eruption on July 2 wouldnot have an impact on the tourist arrivals in Bali.
Tourist arrivals in Bali remained normal despite the eruption, he remarked,citing facts that the island’s favourite tourist destinations, such as TanahLot, Uluwatu, Lake Beratan Bedugul, Tampak Siring Palace, Bali Safari andMarine Park, are still crowded with domestic and foreign holiday-makers.
Those sites are quite far from the volcano and not affected by the increase involcanic activity at Mount Agung, he affirmed.
Bali still aims for attracting 6.5 million foreign tourists this year, henoted.
According to the Center for Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation(PVMBG), the condition of Mount Agung was still unstable, and it was likely toerupt again at low intensity.
Following the latest eruptions, the PVMBG had declared the alert status of the volcanoat third level and has ordered people to stay away from a radius of fourkilometers from the mountain’s peak.
A series of eruptions at Mount Agung during 1963-1964 killed more than1,600 people and injured hundreds.
Indonesia lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire whereseveral tectonic plates meet and cause 90 percent of the world’s seismicactivity. The country is currently home to nearly 130 active volcanoes.-VNA
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