Aftersevendaysofcomingaway empty-handed,authoritiessay theyhavestoppedthesearchfor anAmericanmanwhowent missingafteraraftingaccidentin
Ubudlastweek.
Aspreviouslyreported,64-yearoldAmericanRobinaughClifford
Neilwentwhitewaterraftingwith nineotherforeignersonOct.3 onAyungRiverinKedewatan Village.Thepartywasdivided intotwogroups.
Oneoftheraftstumbledwhen facedwithasuddenstrong current.Theotheralsoflipped overafteritwaspulledby passengersofthefirstraft.
Theraftingguideswhowere presentimmediatelyevacuated bothrafts,buttheysadlylost sightofNeil.
GedeDarmada,theheadofthe BalichapteroftheNational SearchandRescueAgency, confirmed todaythatafterseven daysofsearchingforNeil, authoritieshavecalledoffthe efforts.
“Thesearchforthemissing victimwasconcludedonSunday becausetherewerenosignsof thevictim,”hesaidina statementsenttoCoconuts, addingthatthevictim’sfamily hasbeeninformed.
Theofficialsaidthattheymay resumeNeil’ssearchandrescue operationshouldtheyreceive tipsregardinghiswhereabouts.
Theotherrafters,whoare touristsfromAustralia,India,and Germany,arereportedlysafe andsoundandonlysuffered minorscrapes.Twolocal lifeguardsalsosurvivedthe incident.
(coconuts.co)
TheDeputyChiefof BankIndonesia inBali, GustiAgungDiahUtari,hasexpressedher concernsthatthecurrentglobaleconomy placestheeconomicrecoveryofBaliat considerablerisk.Withtourismdominating Bali’seconomy,DiahUtariwarnsthata globalrecessioncouldreducethenumberof touriststravelingtoBali.
TherecoveryoftheIndonesianandBali economiesislinkedtointernational economiccircumstances.Hopesfor economicrecoveryarechallengedbya globalgeneraleconomicslowdown,rising inflation,andgrowinguncertaintyinfinancial markets.DiahUtari,speakinginUbud,Bali, onSaturday,01October2022,added:“This (all)hasthepotentialtoaffectthepotential fordomesticandforeigntouristarrivals.”
Asreportedby Beritabali.com, theinflation rateforBaliinAugust2022was6.38%–the sixth-highestinflationrateonanational basis.DiahUtarisaidthat Bank
Indonesia continuescollaboratingwith regionalgovernmentsnationwidetocontrol theinflationrate.
“Weareworkingtogethernationallyto reduceinflationratesforfood.(For example),incooperationwithregional governments,77,000chiliseedshavebeen distributedtoalldistricts/cities.Wesupport cooperationbetweenallregions,depending ontheirrespectivereportedplusandminus inflationrates,”saidDiah.
Continuing,shenotedthatBali’seconomyis boomingagainaftersufferingthesetback of COVID-19 overthepasttwoyears.This revivalisdemonstratedinthe3.04% economicgrowthrateyear-on-yearforthe secondquarterof2002.
Thesecondquarterofeconomicgrowthin 2022improvedfromthefirstquarterwhen thegrowthratewasonly1.46%year-onyear.Theimprovinggrowthfigures, accordingtoDiah,weretheresultofgrowing touristarrivalsmadepossiblebyeasing travelrestrictionsforbothforeignand domesticvisitors.Thenationalsofsome86 countriesarenowallowedaccessto Indonesia,withincreasinglymoredirect internationalflightsnowlandingonthe Island.
DiahreportedthatinSeptember2022,
foreigntouristsarrivinginBalitotaled1.1 milliontravelers,while2.7milliondomestic travelerscametotheIslandinthesame month.
“Withtherecoveryandrevivalofthe Balineseeconomy,thefinancialsector systemhasbeguntorevive,credithas beguntorecover,althoughthelevelof financingriskisquitehighasreflectedin currenthigh-interestrates,”Diahadded.
Separately,IndonesianFinanceMinisterSri Mulyanihasforecastthattheglobal economywillplungeintoarecessionin 2023.Mulyanisaidworldbanksareraising benchmarkinterestratestoreduce inflationarypressure.
Speakingatarecentpressconference, Mulyanisaidrisinginterestratesvirtually guaranteeaglobalrecessionwillcommence in2023.TheIndonesianFinanceMinister notedthatthe BankofEngland raised interestratesby200basispointsin2022.
Similarly,the U.S.CentralBank hashiked interestratesby300basispointsto3.25% thusfarin2022.InflationintheU.S.A.is averaging8.3%
(Balidiscovery.com)
