The Bali Sun

For the last three and a half weeks, police in Bali have been investigating the events that surrounded a devastating elevator failure at the Ayu Terra Resort just outside of Ubud. The tragedy claimed the lives of five young staff members and left the community and Bali lovers in a state of shock and anger. …

As the battle to crack down on unruly tourists in Bali continues, more officers will be deployed in the most popular resorts to help keep an eye on things. A Tourism Task Force, known as the Bali Becik Task Force, has already been deployed by the Director General of Immigration for Indonesia, as well as …

The beach resort of Sanur in Bali is one of the most family-friendly travel destinations on the island. Laid back, with pristine beaches and plenty of resorts to choose from, it is easy to see why Sanur is the destination of choice for hundreds of thousands of families every year. And things are about to …

Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Indonesia. With over 18,000 passengers arriving every single day, there is a huge volume of eager tourists who want to hop into a taxi and get to their hotel as soon as possible so the vacation can begin. There are dozens …

As leaders in Bali are busy putting the infrastructure in place to introduce the new tourism tax in 2024, Bali lovers are quite rightly asking some important questions. As more details emerge about the new tourism tax for all international arrivals to the Island of the Gods, it seems that the authorities are taking a …

As tourists become increasingly interested in learning more about Balinese culture and heritage, tourism leaders on the island are delighted to be putting on more traditional dance performances to keep up with demand. The most popular cultural show in Bali is the fiery Kecak dance which showcases how good will always triumph over evil. The …

Transportation officials in Indonesia have given an update on the long-anticipated railway line in Bali. The project has, in theory, been full steam ahead for some time. But with planning becoming an evermore time-consuming task, the project is moving in a new direction…underground. Indonesia’s National Planning Agency has confirmed that the new Light Rail Transit …

Once upon a time, and not so long ago, if a tourist anywhere in the world wanted to communicate with family, they would have to cough up the coins to make a costly international phone call on a landline in a hotel lobby. Then came the internet cafes where, for a cost, tourists could send …

On Friday, Bali’s arts and cultural capital, Ubud celebrated the launch of a new public transport initiative that could be the answer to a huge amount of the town’s transportation woes. Ubud is famous for many things: incredible temples and the iconic palace, wonderful restaurants, and quaint markets, but in recent years, the traffic issues …

Earlier this year, the Provincial Government of Bali, along with the Bali Tourism Board and Wonderful Indonesia launched an education awareness campaign to help eliminate bad behavior by tourists on the island. Three months after the launch, reporters have been seeing how visits feel about the new rules. Reporters interviewed a dozen tourists around Bali …

Major changes are afoot at one of Bali’s most famous beaches. Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida is one of the most recognizable landscapes in the province, but due to the high volume of visitors, there have been an increasing amount of accidents on the precarious coastal path and shoreline. Kelingking Beach shot to international fame …

Authorities in Bali have had a busy week cracking down on badly behaved foreigners on the island. It had started to appear like the tide had turned on unruly tourists on the island, but a few recent incidents have resulted in deportation and police call-outs. Earlier this week a video went viral online of a …