The Indonesian Ministry of Finance has announced a Rp. 25 trillion ($2.6 Billion AUD) stimulus in travel vouchers to revive local tourism in the form of flight, hotel and restaurant discounts to help increase consumption of the upper-middle class. The incentive is being called the ‘Stimulus Demand’ with the aim to bolster tourism spending by …
Tourism
If you thought a holiday in a treehouse meant skimping on comfort – think again. At this jaw-dropping hidden treehouse lodge in Bali – described as an ‘experimental treetop boutique hotel, an architectural experience for adventurers’ – luxury is abundant. And there are Instagrammable scenes aplenty. It’s an exotic haven that begs to be put on …
Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Bali tourism is losing AUD $1 Billion (IDR 9.7 Trillion) per month said Bali’s Deputy Governor, Cok Ace. According to Ace, the tourism sector has been the hardest hit and is continuing to make life harder for the Balinese people. The majority of Balinese people’s livelihoods depend …
A foreign national from Hong Kong will face up to 20 years in Bali prison after attemping to smuggle 4 kilograms of methamphetamine into the country. 19-year-old Man Chun Kwok was spared the death penalty after Public Prosecutor Ida Ayu Ketut Sulasmi asked for a 20 year sentence during a virutal trial on Wednesday. “I …
Christian Alit Stroh from Hawaii, United States has been arrested in Bali on drug trafficking charges. According to Denpasar police, Stroh was arrested for allegedly dealing drugs after he ran out of money while stranded on the island due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Stroh was arrested on Friday outside of his residence in Denpasar after …
The son of a Queensland man found dead in a Bali hotel says his father was “well and enjoying an extended holiday”, while Indonesian authorities fear coronavirus could be the cause of death but will not know until an autopsy is conducted. The 47-year-old father of two, Christopher Steven Tolley, was found in his hotel …
Police in Bali are probing whether expired soft drinks may have contributed to the latest death of an Australian in Bali. The death, on Wednesday, came a day after another Australian was found dead in his Seminyak hotel room. Causes of death for both men are still unknown. Kevin James Nunn, 58, from Kalgoorlie died …
A “Walking Dead”-themed walkthrough experience has opened at Trans Studio Bali. The attraction, “Fear the Walking Dead Survival,” is described as part thrill ride, part haunted house and part interactive motion ride. The new attraction, based on the popular AMC series, is a multi-sensory experience that is part thrill-ride, part interactive motion ride, and part …
Photos and videos have emerged on social media of dead pigs allegedly washing up on the beach in the popular tourist hotspots of Seminyak and Canggu. Over 1000 pigs have died from what Bali authorities are calling “swine fever like” illness. Earlier in the month Bali officials had confirmed the presence of African Swine fever …
A Sydney man has been found dead in his room at a popular budget Bali hotel after he failed to check out after a month-long stay Australian tourist Christopher Steven Tolley was found dead on Tuesday (5/5) around 1:30 pm at the FaveHotel in Seminyak. Head of Emergency and Logistics Badung, Ni Nyoman Ermy Setiari …
In a recent string of foreigner deaths in Bali in the last week, an American national was found dead in a Seminyak Villa on Thursday. The 50-year old man from the United States has been identified as Darrel Carlton. Head of Denpasar’s Search and Relief Office (Basarnas Bali), Gede Darmada told The Bali Sun that …
Australian mother-of-two Sara Connor will be released from Bali’s horrific Kerobokan prison in July. The 49-year-old from Byron Bay has spent the last four years in the notorious prison, after the fatal bashing of a police officer in Kuta in 2016. Ms Connor’s ex-boyfriend and David Taylor, from the UK, is serving a six-year sentence for …