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The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on 1 October 2005 in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs were detonated at two sites in Jimbaran Beach resort and in Kuta 30 km (19 mi) away, both in south Bali. The attacks claimed the lives of 20 people and injured more than 100 others.
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.
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.
There are also properties managed by Aman Resorts, Club Med, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Kempinski, and Santika Indonesia Hotels & Resorts. [12] Eight of the ten largest hotels in Bali are located in Nusa Dua. The 636-key Grand Hyatt Bali was Bali's largest hotel when it first opened in 1991. [13]
South Kuta (Indonesian: Kuta Selatan) is a district (kecamatan) within Badung Regency of Bali. It consists of Nusa Dua , a large peninsula projecting south from Bali island. It covers 101.13 km 2 and had a population of 116,143 people as of the 2010 Census [ 1 ] and 131,139 at the 2020 Census.
Alila Hotels and Resorts is an upscale hotel chain founded in Indonesia in 2001 and part of Hyatt since 2018. [1] It has properties in Indonesia , the United States , India , Oman , Malaysia , China , and the Maldives .
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.
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]