Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia sent out many Balinese missionaries to outlying areas like Medan. In 1992, the Parisada hosted the Vishva Hindu Parishad conference in Bali, indicating a building of bridges with the worldwide Hindu community. It is the highest religious body in Bali and is given an official sanction by the government to look into matters of Hindu law. The PHDI in this manner has become a rallying organization for the preservation of Hindu customs. The PHD has contested Indonesia's demographic counts, saying that the 6,501,680 count (given by the government of Indonesia) grossly undercounts the Hindu population, stating that it is closer
Tourist village (Indonesia) developed for tourism, but that it is believed the potential for tourism exists. Nearby Mount Merapi helped encourage a number of villages to be named tourist villages. Tourist village (Indonesia) In Indonesia, a tourist village ("desa wisata") is a village officially designated as one that welcomes tourism. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta (which includes the Sleman Regency), the concept was embraced around 2000 with dozens of villages being dubbed as tourist villages. According to a 2009 report in "The Jakarta Post" there were 48 tourist villages listed in Yogyakarta, though only ten were actually operating as such, including: Kebonagung,