BALI BEST EXOTIC

Bali wins best exotic destination award from English magazine

London (ANTARA News) - The Island of Bali has received an appreciation as the Best Exotic Destination from the Luxury Travel Magazine handed by editor Alyson Cook to Indonesia, in this case the Indonesian Embassy`s Economic Counsellor Tumpal MH Hutagalung and First Secretary Mayuzar Adamy in London.

The January 2008 edition of Luxury Travel Magazine the magazine`s readers picked Bali Island as the Best Exotic Destination, Embassy First Secretary Mayuzar Adamy said in London on Monday.

Bali managed to collect 17% of the total votes of the readers who joined the polling beating 13 other participants, including Mauritius and the Thailand Golden Triangle as other tourist destinations which had also been nominated as Best Exotic Destinations.

Mayuzar said Luxury Travel Magazine viewed the world of tourism from various aspects, especially by medium and upper class readers.

The monthly magazine provides analyses and expert information on world tourism to both the consumers and tourism operators.

Luxury Travel Magazine covers the latest international tourism trends and products, and disseminate them to the readers.

The magazine is published by Haymarket Media Group based in the United Kingdom and has branch offices in 27 different countries in the world, including China, the United States and several countries in Europe.

A single edition of Luxury Travel Magazine across the world normally consists of 9,275 copies, including 6,995 copies in the UK, and 2,280 copies in other countries.

According to editor Ms Alyson Cook, the number of readers of magazines pubished by Haymarket Media Group has reached 2.5 million worldwide.

Haymarket Media Group also issued other publications on behalf of its clients, including America`s Cup, Champions, England, Jaguar, London 2012 Olympics, Manchester United, Nike, Panasonic, Sony, Toyota, UEFA and United Review. The British Army is also one of the clients of Haymarket Media Group.

Mayuzar said the Indonesian Embassy will send the appreciation to the Bali provincial administration as soon as possible. (*)

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