International Visitors growth of 8.04% in January 2009

International visitor who came to Indonesia through all gates in January 2009 an amount of 473,165 visits or growth of 8.04 %, compared to the same month in 2008 that was numbering 437,966 visits.
International visitors which were increasing in January 2009 compared to the same month in 2008, came through 13 (thirteen) main entrances, that is: Ngurah Rai an amount of 173,919 visits or growth of 18.06%, Batam an amount of 81,601 visits or growth of 5.08%, Polonia an amount of 11,248 visits or growth of 35.16%, Juanda amount of 10,665 visits or growth of 17.94%, Tanjung Pinang an amount of 9,909 or growth of 51.56%, Tanjung Priok an amount of 5,911 visits or growth of 15.86%, Minangkabau an amount of 3,757 visits or growth of 99.84%, Sam Ratulangi an amount of 1,981 visits or growth of 113.70%, Sultan Syarif Kasim II an amount of 1,671 visits or growth of 75.34%, Entikong an amount of 1,581 visits or growth of 51.58%, Selaparang an amount of 1,130 visits or growth of 41.25%, Balikpapan an amount of 723 visits or growth of 12.44%, Makassar an amount of 664 visits or growth of 191.23% and other gates an amount of 75,181 visits or growth of 0.49%.
International visitors which were declining, that is Soekarno-Hatta an amount of 92,136 visits or decreased -8.95 %, Adi Sumarno an amount of 1,088 visits or decreased -27.85%.
By nationaly, international visitors which were experiencing on the highest growth in January 2009 that is Hong Kong an amount of 5,104 visits or growth of 64.54%, Egypt an amount of 233 visits or growth of 56.38%, Saudi Arabia an amount of 1,891 visits or growth of 55.13%, China an amount of 32,742 visits or growth of 51.74%, The Union of the Arabian Emirate an amount of 170 visits or growth of 53.15% (Data and Network Center)

The 5th International Conference on Tourism Statistics

The 5th International Conference on Tourism Statistics-Tourism: An Engine for Employment Creation
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia with the cooperation of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Statistics Division and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Tourism Organization will hold the 5th International Conference on Tourism Statistics-Tourism: An Engine for Employment Creation in Bali, Indonesia, from 30 March - 2 April 2009.

- Ministry of Culture an Tourism, Republic Of Indonesia -

How to Successfully Navigate Your Business through an Economic Downturn

An economic downturn is a phase of the business cycle in which the economy as a whole is in decline.This phase basically marks the end of the period of growth in the business cycle. Economic downturns are characterized by decreased levels of consumer purchases (especially of durable goods) and, subsequently, reduced levels of production by businesses. While economic downturns are admittedly difficult, and are formidable obstacles to small businesses that are trying to survive and grow, an economic downturn can open up opportunities. A well-managed company can realize the opportunity to gain market share by taking customers away from their competitors. Resourceful entrepreneurs capture the available opportunities, from an economic downturn, by developing alternate methods of doing business that were never implemented during a prior growth period. The challenge of successfully navigating your business through an economic downturn lies in the realignment of your business with current economic realities. Specifically, you, as the business owner, need to renew a focus on your core clients/customers, reduce your operating expenses, conserve cash, and manage more proactively, rather than reactively, is paramount. Here are best practices that will help you to successfully navigate your business through an economic downturn: Goals: The primary goal of any business owner is to survive the current economic downturn and to develop a leaner, more cost-effective and more efficient operation. The secondary goal is to grow the business even during this current economic downturn. Objectives: • Conserve cash. • Protect assets. • Reduce costs. • Improve efficiencies. • Grow customer base. Required Action: • Do not panic… History shows that economic downturns do not last forever. Remain calm and act in a rational manner as you refocus your attention on resizing your company to the current economic conditions. • Focus on what YOU can control… Don’t let the media's rhetoric concerning recessions and economic slowdown deter you from achieving business success. It´s a trap! Why? Because the condition of the economy is beyond your control. Surviving economic downturns requires a focus on what you can control, i.e. your relevant business activities. • Communicate, communicate, and communicate! Beware of the pitfall of trying to do too much on your own. It is a difficult task indeed to survive and to grow your business solely with your own efforts. Solicit ideas and seek the help of other people (your employees, suppliers, lenders, customers, and advisors). Communicate honestly and consistently. Effective two-way communication is the key. • Negotiate, negotiate, and negotiate! The value of a strong negotiation skill set cannot be overstated. Negotiating better deals and contracts is an absolute must for realigning and resizing your company to the current economic conditions. The key to success is not only knowing how to develop a win-win approach in negotiations with all parties, but also keeping in mind the fact that you want a favorable outcome for yourself too. Recommended Best Practice Activities: The Nuts and Bolts… The following list of recommended best practice activities is critical for your business' survival and for its growth during an economic downturn. The actual financial health of your particular business, at the outset of the economic downturn, will dictate the priority and urgency of the implementation of the following best practice activities. 1. Diligently monitor your cash flow: Forecast your cash flow monthly to ensure that expenses and planned expenditures are in line with accounts receivable. Include cash flow statements into your monthly financial reporting. Project cash requirements three-to- six months in advance. The key is to know how to monitor, protect, control, and put cash to work. 2. Carefully convert your inventories: Convert excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory items into cash. Consider returning excess and slow-moving items back to the suppliers. Close-out or inventory reduction sales work well to resize your inventory. Also, consider narrowing your product offerings. Well-timed order placement helps to reduce excess inventory levels and occasional material shortages. The key is to reduce the amount of your inventory without losing sales. 3. Timely collection of your accounts receivable: This asset should be converted to cash as quickly as possible. Offer prompt payment discounts to encourage timely payments. Make changes in the terms of sale for slow paying customers (i.e. changing net 30 day terms to COD). Invoicing is an important part of your cash flow management. The first rule of invoicing is to do it as soon as possible after products are shipped and/or after services are delivered. Place an emphasis on reducing billing errors. Most customers delay payments because an invoice had errors, and therefore, will not pay until they receive a corrected copy. Email or fax your invoices to save on mailing time. Post the payments that you have received and make deposits more frequently. The key is to develop an efficient collection system that generates timely payments and one that gives you advance warning of problems. 4. Re-focus your attention on your existing clients/customers: Make customer satisfaction your priority. A regular review of your customers' buying history and frequency of purchases can reveal some interesting facts about your customers' buying habits. Consider signing long-term contracts with your core clients/customers which will add to your security. Offer a discount for upfront cash payments. The key is to do what it takes to keep your current customers loyal. 5. Re-negotiate with your suppliers, lenders, and landlord: i) Suppliers: Always keep your negotiations on the level of need, saying that your company has reviewed its cost structure and has determined that it needs to lower supplier costs. . Tell the supplier that you value the relationship you have developed, but that you need to receive a cost reduction immediately. Ask your supplier for a lower material price, a longer payment cycle, and the elimination of finance charges. Also, see if you can buy material from them on a consignment basis. In return for their price concessions, be willing to agree to a long-term contract. Explore the idea of bartering as a form of payment. ii) Lenders: Everything in business finance is negotiable and your relationship with a bank is no exception. The first step to successful renegotiations is to convince your lenders that you can ultimately pay off the renegotiated loan. You must point out to your lenders why it would be in their best interest to agree to a new arrangement. Showing them your business plan and your action plan that includes your cost-savings initiatives, along with "the how" and "the when" of the implementation of your plan is the best way to achieve this goal. Explain to them that you will need their cooperation to insure that you can survive, as well as, grow your business during the economic downturn. Negotiated items include: the rate of interest, the required security to cover the loan, and the beginning date for repayment. A beginning date for repayment could be immediate, within several months or as long as a year. The key is to realize that your lender will work with you, but that frequent and continual communications with them is critical. iii) Landlord: Meet with your landlord. Explain your need to have them extend the term of your lease at a reduced cost. Make sure you have a clause in the lease agreement that entitles you to have the right to sublet any or all of the leased space. 6. Re-evaluate your staffing requirements: This is a very critical area. Salaries/wages are a major expense of doing business. Therefore, any reduction in the hours worked through work schedule changes, short-term layoffs or permanent layoffs has an immediate cost saving benefit. Most companies ramped up hiring new employees in the good times, only to find that they are currently overstaffed due to slow sales during the economic downturn. In terms of down-sizing your staff, be very careful not to reduce your staff to a level that forces you to skimp on customer service and quality. Consider the use of part-timers or the current trend of outsourcing certain functions to independent contractors. 7. Shop for better insurances rates: Get quotations from other insurance agents for comparable coverage to determine whether or not your present insurance carrier is competitive. Also, consider revising your coverage to reduce premium costs. The key is to have the right balance-to be adequately insured, but not under or over insured. 8. Re-evaluate your advertising: Contrary to the other cost-cutting initiatives, evaluate the possibility of increasing your advertising expenditures. This tactic realizes the advantage of the reduced "noise" and congestion (fewer advertisers) in the marketplace. The downturn period a great opportunity to increase brand awareness and create additional demand for your product/service offerings. 9. Seek the help of outside advisors: The use of an advisory board comprised of your CPA, attorney, and business consultant offers you objectivity and provides you with professional advice and guidance. Their collective experience in working with similar situations in past economic downturns is invaluable. 10. Review your other expenses: Target an across-the-board cost-cutting initiative of 10-15%. Attempt to eliminate unnecessary expenses. Tightening your belt in order to weather the downturn makes practical, financial sense. Proactively managing your business through an economic downturn is an enormous challenge and is critical for your survival. However, through well-planned initiatives, an economic downturn can create tremendous opportunity for your company to gain greater market share. In order to take advantage of this growth opportunity, you must act quickly to implement the above best business practices to continue realigning and resizing your company to the current economic conditions.
-by Terry H. hill - Copyright © 2008 Terry H. Hill

Terry H. Hill is the founder and managing partner of Legacy Associates, Inc, a business consulting and advisory services firm. A veteran chief executive, Terry works directly with business owners of privately held companies on the issues and challenges that they face in each stage of their business life cycle. To find out how he can help you take your business to the next level, visit his site at http://www.legacyai.com To download a copy of this article, click on this link: http://www.legacyai.com/Article_Downturn.html.
About The Author
An author, speaker, and consultant, Terry H. Hill is the founder and managing partner of Legacy Associates, Inc., a business consulting and advisory services firm based in Sarasota, Florida. A veteran chief executive, Terry works directly with business owners of privately held companies on the issues and challenges that they face in each stage of their business life cycle. Terry is the author of the business desk-reference book, How to Jump Start Your Business. He hosts the Business Insights from Legacy Blog at http://blog.legacyai.com and writes a bi-monthly eNewsletter, "Business Insights from Legacy eZine." By signing up for Business Insights from Legacy eZine at http://tinyurl.com/2t4fxs you can keep abreast of the latest tips, tactics, and best business practices. You will, also, receive the free eBook, Jump Start Your Knowledge of Business. Contact Terry by email at http://www.legacyai.com or telephone him at 941-556-1299

Free to Air Receiver and Files

In today’s world, each day brings new inventions and advancements and it would be impossible to keep up with it all. But, with times constantly changing, we have to do our best to keep up with them. One of the latest trends that everyone should know more about is FTAs, free to air satellite receivers and files.An FTA receiver is a satellite receiver, which is well equipped to receive the unencrypted FTA satellite transmissions. An FTA satellite receiver is able to decode the MPEG-2 data compression protocol used in most of the FTA satellite transmissions. An FTA receiver will not be able to decode the Dish Network or DirecTV satellite signaling.SOME OF THE TOP FTA RECEIVERS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET:Like: Cool sat 8000 HD, SonicView 8000HD, and Viewsat HD 8000.Coolsat 8000 HD will allow you to capture and get all of the free-to-air channels in HD. Coolsat 8000 HD also uses brand new updated standards that provide the clearest picture for all HD and non HD TVs. Coolsat 8000HD uses the 200mhz STI CPU that allows it to have quick channel change fast on screen channel guide display and a brand new box design. Coolsat 8000HD is also backed with a full 2 year warranty that covers all parts and labor.SonicView 8000 HD is a brand new free to air satellite receiver by SonicView. This free-to-air satellite receiver can capture about 20 satellites and 700 channels. SonicView 8000HD has a very sharp NIM video tuner that provides HD 1080I picture. SonicView 8000HD is designed for advanced users who like to spend lots of time on their free to air receivers.The Viewsat HD 8000 free to air satellite receiver that has been specially designed to connect to HD satellites and pick up over the air HD channels for no service fee or cost, all in high definition. Viewsat HD will be coming out shortly but as of now no official specs are out.Receiver Files Support: Many companies do provide you with all the free to air BIN Files, latest keys, Free to air Receiver loaders, instructions, video-tutorials, and technical free to air File Support. The support provided the manufactures of Free to air receivers would teach you step by step how to use your free to air Receiver. Right from pointing your Free-To-Satellite Dish to programming free to air Receiver the support will always be provided by the manufacturers and dealers alike.

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How to Download Music to Iphone

If you're lucky enough to own an Iphone, you are probably going to want to know how to download music for it. The iPhone is the gadget that everyone wants this year-and who doesn't want to be able to carry around their music collections, their movies, and even their internet connection with them? Not to mention the fact that it's primarily a cell phone.In order to download music to your Iphone, there are a few things that are necessary. The first of which is a computer, obviously with an internet connection, and you will also need the right kind of lead to connect the Iphone to the computer. As well as those things, the most obvious thing is that you need somewhere to download from.As far as computer technology goes, any average modern computer should be up to the task, providing it's not older than say 8 or 10 years. Unfortunately an internet connection as old as that probably won't do the job for you-the connection speed is quite important, so you may want to obtain the fastest internet speed possible in your area if you plan to download a lot of music. The older/slower connections will most likely work fine, but it can take a severe amount of time to download anything with a slow connection like this.The first thing you need to do to actually download some music, is to find a reputable site, and then download files to the computer first. At this time, it is not possible to download them straight to the Iphone. Previously, most downloaders have been using peer to peer, or P2P sites to get their downloads. You probably should know that using these sites is illegal. Not only that, but many of them are riddled with viruses and spyware and other harmful things. P2P sites are one of the main ways that hackers release viruses into the world.These days you have some much better and safer options. There are a lot of sites around these days that will offer you unlimited musical downloads for a one off fee. The fee is usually less than $50, and will allow you free movie and game downloads too. These sites are my recommended way to download music to Iphone.Hopefully this article has let you put the pieces of the puzzle together so you can enjoy Iphone music downloads.


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Blackberry from china (Blueberry/Jin Peng ZL-9000)

china create the new breakthrough with ponsel newest imitat Blackberry.

Form and type ponsel this [is] same precisely with Blackberry, but this ponsel [there] no internet facility.

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