Nusa Dua

Nusa Dua is a resort area built in the 1970s in the southern part of Bali, Indonesia.^[1] Known as an enclave of large five-star resorts, it covers 350 hectares of land and encloses more than 20 resorts. It is located 22 kilometers from Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, and is administered as part of Benoa subdistrict (kelurahan) in South Kuta, Badung Regency. Nusa Dua means two islands (nusa 'island', dua 'two'), because there are two islands in the bay of Bali Tourism Development Corporation area. On the southern side lies Peninsula Island, and on the northern side lies Nusa Dharma Island, which is smaller but shadier, and which contains the Pura/Temple Nusa Dharma.^[2]

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Location in Badung Regency

Geger Beach edit

Geger Beach is located in Sawangan, about 3 kilometers from the southern area of Nusa Dua. The sea there is calm, which allows farmers to grow seaweed in the area, as well as being an attractive place for tourists to swim.^[3]

Water Blow edit

Water Blow is located in the Indonesia Tourism & Development Corporation (ITDC) district where large waves of sea water from the Indian Ocean continually crash against the jagged limestone edges of a cliff. The water blow is the outcome of the narrowing crag below the cliff face that channels irregular surges of water that can reach several meters high, up to 30 meters high from its base following strong currents. It only occurs on high tide. The area provides a 240-degree lookout and the tormented shapes of volcanic rock make for a dramatic seascape. The site is bordered by guardrails and there is a small entrance fee.^[4]^[5]

Hotels and Resorts edit

The Bali Tourism Development Corporation, which was tasked to create Nusa Dua, opened the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel in 1983 as an anchor for the future development of the area as a resort complex. Shortly after, two more five-star hotels opened next to the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, both franchised by Sheraton (they have since been rebranded as a Westin and a Luxury Collection). Since the 1990s, the area has been experiencing a boom of resort construction, including brands such as Aman, Courtyard by Marriott, Grand Hyatt, Hilton, Kempinski, Marriott Vacation Club, Meliá, Mercure, Novotel, Renaissance, Sofitel, St. Regis, and The Ritz-Carlton.^[6]

Tanjung Benoa edit

The Peninsula of Tanjung Benoa, with the village of Benoa in the foreground and Nusa Dua in the background

Immediately north of the Nusa Dua enclave is the peninsula of Tanjung Benoa, which includes cheaper hotels as well as Benoa village. A multi-denominational area, it includes a mosque and Chinese and Hindu temples close to each other. Much of the beach's sand was eroded away following the mining of the nearby barrier reef for construction materials.

Benoa Port, also located there, was previously used for yachts and small ships. In December 2012, it became the Benoa Cruise International Terminal's turnaround port, serving as both embarkation and debarkation point for cruise passengers. As a turnaround port, tourists can arrive or leave Benoa Port by either plane or cruise ship.^[7]

On December 26, 2012, the Bali Governor signed a permit to utilize, develop and manage the Benoa Bay area. 838 hectares reclaimed by PT Tirta Wahana Bali International will be used for luxury tourist facilities such as hotels, villas, apartments, an international hospital, and entertainment centers such as a Disneyland-like theme park.^[8]

Coral restoration project edit

Nusa Dua is one of Bali's five sites benefiting from the largest coral restoration projects in the world (as of 2021): the Indonesian Coral Reef Garden (ICRG) intends to install altogether just under one million structural units. The project is funded by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, to the tune of $7.5m. The final section of the project took place in the south of Nusa Dua,^[9] with a field survey for suitability of location carried out in November-December 2020.^[10] 1,000 local people, who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic and subsequent lag in tourism, were hired to build and instal 8,000 steel pipes, each 2 metres (6.5 feet) long, as substructures for coral gardens; that task was completed in October 2021.^[9]
This project also aims at reducing unemployement by planning for supervision and maintenance work of the sites,^[11] an undertaking that corresponds to the largest and more costly part of reef regeneration. Long-term monitoring has so far been implemented only for very few such operations, and is required to build a workable database needed to increase general knowledge on the process and increase success for future coral projects. Tries Razak, from Java’s IPB University, explains in 2021 that “Growing coral is not growing trees, where you plant it and it will grow. The science is still very fuzzy. It might be successful in one spot but two metres away, the hydro-dynamic factors or supply of larvae will be slightly different and it won’t work there. And as most of the restoration projects in Indonesia are being done without preliminary studies, artificial reefs are not planted in places where they are needed most.”^[9]

Image gallery edit

Nusa dua beach
Nusa Dua peninsula cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean
Geyser-like sea wave at one of two islets in Nusa Dua
The same, showing the rock funnel
Nusa Dua entrance gate

References edit

^ "Nusa Dua travel". lonelyplanet.com. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
^ Anton Mujahir (July 1, 2014). "Behind the Luxurious Nusa Dua". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ "Geger Beach Nusa Dua Bali". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
^ "Water blow site in Nusa Dua". bali-indonesia.com. Bali Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
^ "Water Blow". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
^ Radit Mahindro (October 2, 2020). "A Quite Long History of Balinese Hotel Architecture. Part IV: Massive Scale!". raditmahindro.medium.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
^ "Boonga becomes turnaround port". December 26, 2012.
^ "Green light for Boonga Bay development". July 9, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ian Lloyd Neubauer (November 2, 2021). "Indonesia leads the way in restoring coral reefs, scientists say". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
^ Badriana, Mochamad Riam; Avrionesti; Surya, M. Y.; et al. (November 2021). "Potential coral implementation area for Indonesia Coral Reef Garden in Nusa Dua, Bali". IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 925 (1): 012024. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
^ Gultom, Iqbal Suhaemi; Anggoro, T. Danny; Nugraha, R. Bambang Adhitya (2022). "Implementasi Program Indonesia Coral Reef Garden Bali (ICRG BALI)". Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik. 8 (2). Retrieved 2024-05-19.

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