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The 2002 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on 12 October 2002, in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attacks killed 202 people (including 88 Australians , 38 Indonesians , 23 Britons , and people of more than 20 other nationalities) and injured a further 209.
As Kuta, specifically Kuta beach, became increasingly popular among Western visitors in the 1930s, the village began to grow. In the 1960s, Kuta became a popular destination for tourists and surfers due to good wave conditions. Kuta continued to grow in the 1970s, with hotels, souvenir shops, and restaurants opening in response to increasing ...
It is Bali and Indonesia's most internationally oriented and touristic district, home to the world famous Kuta Beach [1] and the fishing village Jimbaran. It covers 17.52 km 2 and was home to 86,657 people as of the 2010 census, [ 2 ] after phenomenal growth in the previous decade as workers moved in to support the tourist industry.
Legian Road or Jalan Legian is the main street that runs north–south from Kuta to Seminyak on the island of Bali in Indonesia. [1] Legian Road contains a variety of shops, bars, hotels and dance clubs. Its proximity to the beach and its prominent night life make it host to thousands of tourists.
Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resorts is an Indonesian hotel group under the auspices of PT. Grahawita Santika, a subsidiary of mass media conglomerate, Kompas Gramedia.First established on 22 August 1981, Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resorts has 116 hotel units spread across more than 40 cities in Indonesia.
Seminyak is a mixed tourist residential area [citation needed] on the west coast of Bali in Indonesia, just north of Kuta and Legian. [1] Originally a separate township, this is now another suburb of Kuta. This area is very popular with resident expatriates; land and accommodation prices are amongst the highest in Bali.
Kerobokan Penitentiary Institution (Indonesian: Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kerobokan, also known as LP Kerobokan, Kerobokan Prison or Hotel K [5]) is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. Located 4 km (2.49 miles) away from the Canggu village, [5] the prison opened in 1979 and was built to hold 300 inmates ...
A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Jakarta hotel on 5 August 2003, killing 12 people and injuring 150. Those killed included 11 Indonesians and one Dutch national. The hotel was viewed as a Western symbol, and had been used by the United States embassy for various events. [1]