Better never stops in Bali’s tourism sector. With more than half of the province’s GDP generated from tourism both political and business leaders on the island are always striving to improve.
The Bali Government have confirmed that it is working on a plan to introduce new policy that will help improve tourists experience of the island.
This week the Bali Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD) Chairman Dewa Made Mahayadnya said team supports the Bali Provincial Government’s plan to organize tourism businesses through the Draft Regional Regulation on Quality Bali Tourism Business Management.
Speaking from Denpasar he shared, ”We continue to support its existence, which is why we will complete today’s draft regional regulation well, because it will indeed lead Bali to a better future.”
The plan is to create a new policy that standardises tourism quality across the island, in turn ensuring that top not service and experiences are delivered to tourist as standard. During his speech, Mahayadnya shared his observations that despite geopolicial tensions impacting global travel, visits by foreign tourists to Bali have remained high.
With the new legislation being drafted and reviewed, Bali Governor Wayan Koster has himself too shared hopes that the deliberations on this draft regional regulation will not take too long. He sees the creation of these new policies as an impactful way to ensure quality, culture-based, and dignified Balinese tourism across the province.
Governor Koster shared “This is something we urgently need to implement for the sustainability of Balinese tourism going forward, considering that tourism plays a significant role in Indonesia and Bali’s economy. If we neglect this, we are neglecting the future of future generations, especially their livelihoods.”
He added that quality tourism is something that requires input from everyone across the sector. Governor Koster explained “The hotel must be good, the villa must be good, the restaurant must be good, the staff must be good, the tour guides must be good, everything must be orderly, and then the infrastructure must be good, transportation must be good, there must be no more traffic jams, environmental issues, and legal problems and disorder.”
Bali has been named the number ne travel destination in the world in 2206 by TripAdvisor.
The island is set to welcome more than 7.5 million international tourists, and while the island has received critiisusm over the last decade for its issues with waste management and traffic congestion, leaders are committed to not only maintaining the island’s public image a s world class travel destination, but improving it further.
One of the biggest concerns for tourism businesses in Bali at the moment is not the quality of their offering, but whether or not the current global geo-policial tensions will impact the number of tourists visiting the island for the rest of the year.
This week tourism leaders have spoken to reporters about the need for the island to pivot and diversify its approach to attracting international visitors.
The Bali Travel Agencies Association (ASITA) have shared that it will be targeting more international tourist visits from Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, amid the changing dynamics of conflict in the Middle East.
The Chairman of ASITA, Putu Winastra, explained to reporters “Several Asian countries actually have the potential to attract many visitors to Bali.
Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has enormous potential.” He confirmed that investment and changes must be made to help achieve this but that the market holds plenty of potential.
Winastra explained “This is our hope, so we are always coordinating with the ministry to ensure this potential market niche can be truly explored and direct flights, or at least commercial flights, can be established.”
Adding “We are currently exploring this with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Tourism to make this possible.”
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Julia
Monday 13th of April 2026
How about focus on making sure the trash is picked up and not thrown on the rivers and beaches! Bali is suffering because of this and this is the number 1 priority. Everything else is just useless bureaucracy!
Exp
Tuesday 14th of April 2026
@Julia, In my area the subak (drains) are part of the "waste management system". The locals drop their trash bags in after dark, the trash follows the water flow and end up in the mangroves and beaches, locals pick it up from the beaches and send it to landfills. Job done.
Veggie
Sunday 12th of April 2026
Big statements. Meanwhile little action. What happened to the small plastic bottle plan? Bali must be clean by 2027? So far i the only way i can make sure my trash doesn't end up in rivers and sea is burning it myself.
Firechef
Monday 13th of April 2026
@Veggie, Yep, then you'll be cited for Air Pollution, never mind that the garbage dumps are doing it at the wholesale level and it's legal. Hawaii has a strict NO TRASH BURNING Law, but of course there are Scofflaw's who ignore it and get heavy fines. Of course Hawaii already has the biggest Air Polluter in it's Volcano. Mama Nature's will, nothing that anyone can do anything about it.
WAYAN BO
Sunday 12th of April 2026
Since it’s becoming trash area, more and more potential tourists are willing to send money there without obligation to come. Sad but true.
M
Sunday 12th of April 2026
Governor Koster explained “The hotel must be good, the villa must be good, the restaurant must be good, the staff must be good, the tour guides must be good, everything must be orderly, and then the infrastructure must be good, transportation must be good, there must be no more traffic jams, environmental issues, and legal problems and disorder.”
The fish starts smelling from the head they say...
M
Sunday 12th of April 2026
Better never stops in Bali’s tourism sector.
Oh guys I love your sarcasm 😂