Last Monday, 14th of August 2023, Bali’s Governor I Wayan Koster announced that Klungkung Regency will get a brand-new cultural centre. The Bali Cultural Centre facility will be constructed at a location of the former Gunaksa Quarry and financed by a federal government loan granted as part of the National Economic Recovery Programme.
Bali is attempting to build fresh strategies for safeguarding and advancing traditional culture. The provincial government wants to ensure that tourists have a variety of places to choose from as tourism on the island continues to soar.
There have been requests for tourism development to be divided more equitably around the island for many years, and a new cultural centre will be the best solution for this new extensive development of the Island of Gods.
On Monday of last week, Governor Koster stated, “With this programme, the Provincial Government of Bali has a new, broad, and very strategic support, specifically for the Bali Cultural Centre area, [which will span] an area of 326 hectares.”
A massive new construction that will be constructed in three thoughtful zones will be known as the Bali Cultural Centre. The Core Zone will cover 43 hectares and have twelve thematic museums and fifteen performing arts centres, each focusing on Balinese culture and history.
“The Bali Cultural Centre area will become a new tourist destination and an emerging centre of economic growth. Third parties are working with the administration of this Bali Cultural Centre. Additionally, we have secured a minimum sum of IDR 1.2 trillion that will be utilised to construct the infrastructure in the Core Zone. Thus, it doesn’t strain the local budget.” said Governor Koster.
In addition to the Klungkung Regency, Governor Koster believes the new Bali Cultural Centre would benefit the entire island.
Governor Koster discussed the cultural centre’s benefits to the residents and the local economies of nearby regencies such as Gianyar, Karangasem, and Bangli.
In the southern part of the island, Badung Regency is the centre of most tourism activities. Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Canggu, Uluwatu, and Nusa Dua are just a few of the well-known destinations in the region’s southern part, which is why the Bali government hope that with the establishment of this new Bali Cultural Centre in the east part of the island will push the gorgeous destination on the east of Bali such as the incredible Amed beach, or the historic Taman Ujung Water Palace.
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