The state of the Bali’s hospitality industry is far from normal since the hit of Covid-19. The Island’s Vice Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati (Cok Ace) said the industry displayed significant growth last holiday season in October, unfortunately, that wasn’t the case this time around. Cok Ace identifies that many hotels in Bali are …
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The Government of Bali plans to regulate a new standard operating procedure for building and construction using an ecological energy source. Starting 2021, buildings, houses, restaurants, supermarkets and hotels will utilize environmentally-sound electricity. (Image: Fivelements Retreat) The official launch event for Electric Public Transportation Battery Exchange Station (SPBKLU) with National Electricity Company, Solar Power Generator …
A creative entrepreneur has transformed a public pool into a fishing pond to avoid bankruptcy during the pandemic. The tourism industry is not the only industry of Bali affected by the Covid19 pandemic. A Sport Center facility was one of the recent sectors dramatically struck by the pandemic. As one of the more popular sport …
The Bali Vice Governor, Cok Ace has projected that Bali will make a full economic recovery by 2022. According to the Vice Governor many steps have already been taken by both the Central and Provincial Governments to bring Bali out of the economic crisis once the island reopens. (Image: ©The Bali Sun – I Wayan …
An Australian has captured the disrepair of a deteriorating Kuta Bali hotel in a video that is making its rounds on social media. Jack Ahearn from Perth, West Australia who has been staying in Bali since the pandemic began recorded the video after seeing the hotel fall into disrepair allegedly over the course of weeks. …
The Indonesian government has announced that the Bali tourism industry will receive US $78.5 million (IDR 1,1 trillion) in stimulus funding to help survive the pandemic and prepare health protocols for the eventual return of tourism. Bali will receive the largest part of the national stimulus program due to the hard hit tourism sector. (Image: …
The Bali Governor said that tourism may not fully recover until 2023 as the economy shrank another 12% in the 3rd quarter of this year. According to data from Statistic Center Agency, Bali’s economic growth in the 3rd quarter of 2020 was down -12.28% percent from last year. The growth of the Bali economy between …
Hundreds of Bali workers have been permitted by the Indonesian government to return to work in overseas positions. After losing their job abroads due to Covid-19 Pandemic, 498 migrant workers from Bali have returned to overseas positions. Although the pandemic is ongoing, there are many migrant workers that have been rehired by companies abroad. During …
Garuda Airlines will be providing one direct flight a week from Bali to Hong Kong to move over 30 tons of local products to help stimulate the economy. The new program started on Saturday Nov 7th, 2020. On the first flight, they have transported around 30 tons of fishery products and other natural resources from …
The Indonesian Government continues to help residents who are out of work in Buleleng, Bali that are financially struggling due to the pandemic. The Direct Cash Assistance (BST) program is meant to help residents get through the hard times until they can go back to work or restart their their business. (Image: ©The Bali Sun …
Hundreds of Bali hotels did not meet the requirements for receiving financial help from the government after failing to present an operating license or pay taxes. So far, the Tabanan District Government has received USD $500,000 (IDR 7,4 billion) in stimulus help from the Central Indonesian Government. The money has been dispersed to qualified accommodations …
Some residents in Klungkung, Bali are scavenging at the landfill to financially survive the pandemic. A huge pile of rubbish at Sente Landfill in Klungkung has become a source of income for the affected workers who have lost their jobs. (Illustration) Some of the residents in Klungkung have come to the landfill to find anything …