Dreamland Beach, now officially known as New Kuta Beach, is a beach located in
Pecatu
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on the
Bukit Peninsula
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on the island of
Bali
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,
Indonesia
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. A popular surfing beach, it was formerly secluded and had casual refreshment stands and inns. It has since become the beach of an extensive tourist development.
The beach, called Cimongka by the Balinese, was named Dreamland Beach by Australians. It was popular with surfers and also with nudists, and became the most popular beach in Pecatu. Starting in the 1980s,
warung
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s (refreshment shacks) and cheap inns were built at the beach.
PT Bali Pecatu Graha, a company owned by
Tommy Suharto
Hutomo Mandala Putra (born 15 July 1962), commonly known as Tommy Suharto, is an Indonesian businessman and politician. The youngest son of Suharto, the second President of Indonesia, he has long had a reputation of nepotism, corruption, and be ...
, the youngest son of former Indonesian president
Suharto
Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician, and dictator, who was the second and longest serving president of Indonesia, serving from 1967 to 1998. His 32 years rule, cha ...
, bought land including the beach in 1995 and the following year began development of the 400-hectare Pecatu Indah Resort; the beach was renamed New Kuta Beach and the resort eventually also became New Kuta Beach.
Asian financial crisis
The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide economic meltd ...
and the 2002 Bali bombings
The 2002 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attacks killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people ...
;[ in the late 2000s, at least 38 businesses were relocated from the beach to purpose-built shops.][
The beach remains open to the public.][
]
Uluwatu Temple
Uluwatu Temple is about 12 km from the Dreamland Beach.
See also
*List of beaches in Indonesia
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References
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Landforms of Bali
Beaches of Bali
Surfing locations in Indonesia
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