Bali is lowering

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   Operators in that Indonesion destination gave these forecasts to BANKO reporter. Different reasons are given. ‘The last month of autumn is traditionally a low season for Bali, hotels usually give discounts at that time,’ notes Marina Rudakova, head of South-East Asia department, UTE Megapolus group. The bonuses are additional services free of charge or a free night’s stay when making a minimal booking of 9 days or more, says the expert. It’s interesting to note that enticing offers started to appear on the Russian market in September, when there are still a lot of Australians and Japanese that prefer summer rest at the resort. Konstantin Mal’kov, director general of ITM group, hotelier’s heightened attention to Russian holiday-makers testifies to impact of explosions that thundered on the island on October 1.
   Experts name air transfer situation as one more condition for SPO appearance. The main channel of delivering tourists to Bali is ‘Transaero’ flight to Densapar through Singapore since October 28 (once a week, on Fridays, Boeing 767). As specialists suppose, this is more than enough for the beginning of the season, taking into account that holiday-makers also fly to Bali by joint flights of Emirates, Qatar Airlines, and ‘Uzbek Airlines’. Thai Airlines flights with convenient joining in Bangkok will be added to them after November 1. Experts believe that new transport appearance might change forces alignment and lead to dumping. Thai Airlines are the second airlines after ‘Transaero’ that flies planes to Bali with only one joining and without change to another plane. According to players, owing to the appearance of competitors, ‘Transaero’ rates may lower.
   On the whole, operators are not awaiting any upheavals from the approaching season. Average cost of tours to Bali without consideration of discounts is $1200–1500. ‘This is comparable to Goa, but service level is higher. So demand won’t be less than last year,’ says Ms. Vand, director of ‘Vand international tour’.