Tourism

Organic farming takes root in post-bomb Bali

Working-class Singaporeans travel to Indonesia’s Riau Islands in search of a fantasy built around sex

Kuta Beach ceased some time ago to be what the brochures say it is. For Robert Goodfellow, the piles of plastic rubbish are signs of a deeper malaise.

RACHEL DREWRY investigates ecotourism as a conservation tool.

While others hope environmentally sensitive tourism will help the Togian Islands, KATE NAPTHALI wants to beef up traditional industries instead.

Air crashes, riots, smog, and a currency crisis dented tourist arrivals in 1997. But, says ANNA KARIN EKLÖF, newly rich Asian tourists will save the industry in the long term.

MICK COOPES drags a bicycle through the wilds of Toraja, South Sulawesi.

HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition.

CAROL WARREN reports on developments at Padanggalak, where outside money and graft encounter strong opposition.

After the bomb, community tourism needs a boost

Bali’s new Village Ecotourism Network provides an alternative to mass tourism.