2024 is set to be the biggest year on record for cruise travel in Bali. The government and private investors are pumping huge funds into developing the island as a leading cruise destination in Southeast Asia. The first of seventy jumbo cruise liners scheduled for 2024 has docked into Bali’s Benoa Harbour. The Norwegian Jewel …
Benoa Cruise Port
Cruise tourism is having a moment in Bali! The island is receiving a huge amount of investment to level up its infrastructure to help establish Bali as the next biggest cruise destination in Southeast Asia. Benoa Harbour is becoming increasingly welcoming to cruise tourists. Indonesia’s Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Erick Thohir, has given his assessment …
Tourism leaders all over Bali are getting super excited about the potential of cruise travel to the island right now. With the arrival of the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship in Benoa Harbor earlier this week, businesses are exploring how cruise travel will reshape the future of tourism on the Island of the Gods. Chatter about …
Cruise travel is accounting for an increasing amount of tourism in Bali. The Indonesian province is best known as a destination for 1-2 week vacations and month-long backpacking adventures, but with more cruise ships docking on the island comes more whistle-stop adventure. Travel data shows that the revenue growth of the cruise industry has grown …
Bali has welcomed the Holland America Line cruise ship, the MW Westerdam, to Benoa Harbour. The ship arrived in the early hours of Monday, 16th January, and stayed in dock until 5 pm. The cruise liner was carrying 2,811 passengers, including over 800 crew. The arrival of the international cruise ship has given renewed optimism …
Bali’s Benoa Harbour is undergoing a massive redevelopment to enable the island to welcome bigger cruise ships into the dock. Bali has welcomed two international luxury cruises into Benoa Harbour this week, and the area looks busier than it has done in over two years. Both vessels docked in Benoa Harbour early on Thursday, 3rd …
The first cruise ship to dock at Benoa Harbour in Bali arrived on Monday the 19th of September. The ship, named Laperouse, arrived in Bali from Australia carrying 250 guests. The vessel is the first of 53 cruise ships scheduled to arrive at Benoa Harbour before the end of 2023. Laperouse and her guests were …
Bali is preparing to welcome the first cruise ship to arrive on the island in over 2-years. The Australian cruise ship, Laperouse, will come into Benoa Harbour on the 19th of September. The return of cruise ships to Bali is a positive sign that the Island of the Gods continues to move in the right …
A yacht with the Malaysian flag has been found stranded by a police officer on Banyuasri Beach in North Bali. One of the officers found the Malaysian yacht near the Bali Police Academy on Wednesday (23/2) at 7:30 am. After noticing that the vessel was locked and unoccupied, the officer immediately reported what he found …
The central government has announced that Bali will have the biggest cruise port in Indonesia. The State-Owned Enterprise Minister, Erick Tohir, confirmed that the central government would develop the Bali Maritime Tourism Hub (BMTH) to revive Bali’s economy. The project will be located in the Benoa Port area in Southern Bali, where the government also …
A 50-year-old captain of a Liberian flagged ship called Star Gina 2 GR has been evacuated by Bali search and rescue on Tuesday Oct 13th 2020. Head of Denpasar Search and Rescue Team, Gede Darmada said that Captain Geneper Oledan from the Philippines was evacuated after they received a distress call from the medical team …
A 30-year-old man was found dead in a sewage near Benoa Port on Thursday morning Sept 24th 2020. Search And Rescue office received a report from Head of KP3 Benoa Port Police Department, Ketut Suparta at 10:20 am. The man has been identified as Slamet Meidias from Semarang, Central Java. Head of Bali Search And …