It appears that the Tanah Lot temple and tourist attraction, which has been described as one of the popular tourist attractions on Bali Island, is no exaggeration, according to a recent survey. Aside from the panoramic sunset view and magnificent temple in the sea, it is also supported by the management touch, area arrangement, and amicable service extended taking sides to customers. However, having conducted a customer survey to visitors calling by Tanah Lot, in fact, the historical factor made them visit Tanah Lot.

I Made Sujana, Operation Manager of Tanah Lot Authority said that tourists were given an opportunity to asses the destination, what needs improving and what factor made them decide a tour to Tanah Lot. The survey undertaken at the beginning of 2009 was intended to become an evaluation of professional management and control. In this matter, his party distributed thirteen factors influencing both domestic and foreign tourists to visits Tanah Lot. "Having disseminated questionnaire to 155 perception samples and 215-factor samples, the results indicated that dominant factors playing important role on the tourist visit to Tanah Lot are historical value, uniqueness of the temple, promotion and sunset view," he said.

Indeed, the tourist object and attraction whose management involves three elements (government, private sector, and customary village) all the time performs self-improvement by orientating to customers without exploiting the cultural and environmental values. As a responsible party in managing the object, he did not only orientate to the target of obtaining money but how to establish a good image for the years to come. "Every year we also organize different events so that there is always something new at Tanah Lot," he said.

Sujana added that the result was sufficiently made proud. Every year the number of tourists visiting Tanah Lot, both domestic and foreign, keeps on increasing. He then said that based on the data of the Bali Government Tourism Office, in 2008 there was mentioned some most-visited objects measured by the number of visits within the past five years namely Tanah Lot, Bedugul, Penelokan Batur, Bedugul, Alas Kedaton, Ulundanu and Lake Beratan, Tirta Empul, Taman Ayun and Sangeh. "Due to good image management, cultural preservation and shored up by cultural events for the past eight years (2000-2008). It shows an average increase of 15% per year," he said proudly.

Now is your turn to visit Tanah Lot Temple, to enjoy an exotic sunset on a cloudless day. You may choose your way to rent a car, either rent a car self-drive or driven by a Bali tour driver. If you rent a car self, you have your own time and way to explore Tanah Lot Temple and its surroundings based on your itinerary. If your hotel is in Kuta or Seminyak, just drive ahead toward Canggu and Munggu Village. From Kuta, it just takes about 1 hour's drive however, when you visit Tanah Lot in the afternoon, the traffic toward Tanah Lot.