DENPASAR, BALI, Indonesia, Oct. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here Monday that he had requested other countries via the Foreign Ministry to refrain from issuing travel warnings to their citizens wishing to visit Indonesia, Bali island in particular.

    "It is merely a call. We just want to tell the world that in Bali security problem exists only in Jimbaran and Kuta while the other parts of Bali are quite safe to visit," the minister said.

    He said he was now checking on international events such as seminars and conventions scheduled to be held in Bali which would possibly be put off due to Saturday's suicide bombing which killed 27 people and injured more than 120 others.

    "If there are such cancellation plans, I will ask the organizers not to put them off and not to be afraid as in other locations such as Nusa Dua, it is quite safe," he said.

    He said both Indonesians and foreign tourists were actually immune from the bomb terror as there was no massive exodus following the bombing.

    "It is true that a number of foreign tourists have moved from Kuta and Jimbaean to Nusa Dua or Sanur but they have nor left Bali," he said.

    He admitted that out of a group of 300 Australians scheduled to take a flight to Bali, 80 had called off their travel plans.

    Reports said that the Australian government has issued a travel warning in which it warns its citizens that further bomb attacks in Bali are possible.

    Meanwhile, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark on Monday advised New Zealanders to avoid travel to Bali. Enditem