Bali’s busiest region for tourism, Badung Regency, which is home to the island’s most established resorts, including Canggu, Seminyak, Legian, Kuta, Jimbaran, Uluwatu, and Nusa Dua, is now officially home to one million vehicles. This is kind of mind-blowing, especially since there are only half a million registered residents in the regency. This might just …
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Bali is Indonesia’s only majority Hindu province. As a country, Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim nation, and as such, Eid al-Fitr is the biggest religious festival of the year. This year, Eid al-Fitr will be observed in Indonesia on the 21st March, and millions of people will be moving throughout the country to spend time …
Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has confirmed that Emirates will be cancelling its daily service from Dubai aboard the double-decker Airbus A380 plane. The news comes just as the Director General of Air Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation, Lukman F Laisa, revealed plans to increase Bali’s capacity to receive up to 55 …
After welcoming more than 7 million international tourists in 2025, Bali is now looking ahead to 2026 and the long-term future. The Ministry of Transportation has revealed plans to expand Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport to help accommodate ambitious new tourism targets. Bali’s only commercial airport, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International, can currently …
It is starting to feel a lot like Christmas in Bali as the island prepares to welcome 1.5 million tourists during the next two weeks. Here at The Bali Sun, we will be bringing you all the news and updates you need to navigate the island smoothly and enjoyably this festive season. Tourists traveling to …
It is the most wonderful time of the year! It is also the busiest time of year for travel in Bali and across Indonesia. Christmas and New Year in Indonesia are major festivals with families traveling across the country to celebrate with their loved ones. There is also a huge influx of international tourists arriving, …
There are many exciting things about traveling to Indonesia for the first time. For those who visit the island from very different cultures and climates, the touchdown in Indonesia is a sensory overload. One of the top things that first-time tourists to Bali often note is that their holiday budget makes them feel like millionaires. …
In January 2025 Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport served over 2 million passengers. With the island already on track to see a record-breaking number of visitors in the year ahead, tourists are asking whether it’s possible to avoid the crowds, and how Bali Airport might contend with an ever-increasing number of passengers. Bali’s …
Leaders in Bali have confirmed that the province welcomed over 6.3 million international tourists in 2024. This confirms that 2024 was a record-breaking year for both Bali as a province and Indonesia nationally in terms of tourism. Nationwide, Indonesia welcomed over 12 million international tourists. The Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus …
The Indonesian Central Statistics Agency has just announced updated tourism figures for the end of 2024. As predicted, Indonesia has seen its busiest year for tourism in over five years, and Bali remains the single most in-demand destination in the country, with both domestic and international tourists. Speaking at a press conference held in Jakarta …
Tourists preparing to visit Bali this Christmas and New Year will be pleased to learn that I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has officially opened the Integrated Post for Transportation Monitoring Christmas and New Year 2024. For those who remember the travel chaos of Christmas 2023, news that support is in place for the full …
As construction teams continue to create a new access road to the cliff crack beneath Uluwatu Temple, local residents, community members, and tourists are raising more concerns that the project is doing more harm than good. It has come to light that the project has gone ahead without publishing an Environmental Impact Assessment and without …