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A several foreign medias like CNN and some television from Taiwan have appealed to Bali Government to have the permission to cover the Nyepi Day, Caka New Year 1930 which will held on March 7 this year.
Those application is still on the process by the Bali Governor Dewa Made Beratha, whether they will be granted the permission or not to cover the new year event in Bali.
The Bali Tourism Department Head, Mr Gede Nurjaya said that after Governor Beratha introduce and propose the essential of Nyepi Day to the UNFCCC floor last December and many people in the world wants to know what the Nyepi is. They interested to learn about what the Balinese people do while stopping all the activities for 24 hours during the Nyepi Day. Including the stopping operation for 24 hours of Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.
The new year celebration in Nyepi Day style is attracted the world's attention for the effort to save the environment and save the Earth movement, especially after it proposed as one of the solution to stop all the activities for a day to reduce the emission gas to the atmosphere. Thus this movement will prevent the climate change.
However Mr Nurjaya said that if the permission is granted, the foreign media will not have full access to cover all the places in Bali. They will only granted permission to cover the nearest place of their living quarter or hotel they are staying.
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