This trend is also driving investors to look for other locations to build accommodation facilities besides the crowded southern Bali. Investors now tend to provide more ‘natural’ accommodation facilities, with authentic Balinese village characteristics. In this new concept, many of the accommodation facilities are local people’s homes, which have been renovated to provide rooms for rent for the visiting tourists.
The tourists have the pleasure of the natural ambiance and getting involved in the daily activities of the local people, like going to the traditional market and cooking. Several locations has potential for such ventures, including the island’s eastern regency Karangasem, the northern regency Buleleng and the western regency Jembrana. Commenting on the new trend property speculators might begin to target the north, east and west of Bali as the price of land in the southern part of the island continued to soar.
The price of land in southern Bali, especially in the tourist’s favorite areas, such as Kuta and Jimbaran, has become very high, so it is understandable if they are targeting other areas now. many wealthy people liked the authenticity of Balinese villages, thus they sought to spend their vacation in the villages.
Many retired people from Europe, including Scandinavian countries, are interested in taking this kind of holiday and staying here during their home countries winter. In the new concept, the villagers are the subject. Investors are allowed to build, but they have to deploy local people. Besides building villas, this project also includes renovating the villagers houses to become accommodation for tourists. The tourists stay at the villagers houses and join their daily activities. And we share the revenue among the villagers.