DENPASAR (indo.com): Ngurah Rai International Airport will build a 'one stop' shopping center (OSS) in the airport area.

PT PAP Branch Chief IGM Dhordy explained that the plan to build a shopping center is to allow the Ngurah Rai International Airport to meet international airport standard requirements. Required facilities include a shopping center and a hotel for the passengers who transit overnight.

The construction of the OSS will start this year, after the 'day room service' (transit hotel) project is complete. The OSS will be built on the current parking area, separated by the road from the domestic terminal to the international terminal. An avio bridge will be used to connect the passengers' terminal buildings with the OSS.

PT PAP's Public Relations Staff IGN Arditha said that the three star transit hotel, currently under construction, will have 40 rooms. The hotel will be built to accommodate transit passengers and aircraft crew.

Bali Tourism Office spokesman I Gusti Ketut Sudana agreed with the planned shopping center project, saying that the facility will enable transit passengers to shop there - more convenient that having to go to Denpasar or Kuta.