2025 is just around the corner, and we’re all thinking about it…what are our intentions for the year ahead? Start the gym? Launch that side hustle? Fall in love? Buy a house? Book that month-long stay in Bali you’ve always dreamed about?! For travelers in Bali, during the festive seasons, there is one incredibly special …
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2025 will be all about the big Bali day trip, and in our opinion, the bigger, the better. Let’s say…visiting a whole other province in a day and climbing an active volcano in the process is kinda big. Sound like your kind of adventure? Then, in 2025, you need to plan a 24-hour trip from …
Tourists traveling to Bali for the festive season and into 2025 are reminded that events the world is moving towards more digitalized payment systems as standard; in many areas of Bali, cash is still king. The world is moving towards more digitalized banking and more cashless payment systems. It’s easy to overlook cash as an …
The Bali Provincial Government has confirmed that they will be implementing stricter rules regarding the Bali Tourism Tax Levy. The mandatory tourism tax was introduced on the 14th of February, 2024, but with over 60% of tourists failing to pay their way, leaders want to crack down on tourists dodging the IDR 150,000 fee. Speaking …
Leading tourism researchers in Bali have been crunching all of the data that 2024 has had to offer. Academics from the Unud Tourism Excellence Center have been surveying and analyzing tourism trends and traveler habits over the last 12 months, and the result makes for some seriously interesting reading. International tourists visiting Bali’s Denpasar Regency, …
Bali woke up on the morning of Christmas Eve to discover yet more tides of plastic waste washed up on Jimbaran Beach. The traditional coastal fishing village and tourism resort is often the worst impacted by tides of plastic waste, along with famous vacation hotspots like Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak. As documented by the founder …
Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport is welcoming a massive surge in the number of tourist arrivals for the Christmas and New Year holidays. With the first big wave of the holiday season safely landing on 21st December, the airport will be serving an average of 67,000 passengers a day over the next two …
As the Christmas and New Year holidays in Bali get underway, the authorities are doing all that they can to keep the island moving safely and efficiently. In anticipation of a huge surge in the number of vehicles on the roads, especially over New Year, leaders are providing more public transport options for tourists. If …
As Bali is experiencing one of the worst monsoon seasons in living memory, tourist destinations across the island have been hit with major flooding. The popular resorts of Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak have been affected by this weekend’s downpours, with tourists forced to evacuate from their hotels, guesthouses, and villas. The worst of the flooding …
There are dozens of fantastic cultural and outdoor attractions to visit in Bali this festive season. Penglipuran Village, Bali’s most famous tourism village, has just opened a new area of their magical bamboo forest to welcome more visitors into the community. Penglipuran Village has been named among the best tourist villages in the world and …
Following the death of two tourists at Bali’s world-famous Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, another of the island’s popular monkey forest attractions has issued updates regarding their approach to public safety this rainy season. Alas Kedaton Monkey Forest, in Tabanan Regency, and Sangeh Monkey Forest are taking a proactive stance on safety. Alas Kedaton …
Bali’s adventure activities are seriously good fun. For travelers who love to get the adrenaline pumping, there is nothing quite like whizzing through the jungle on an ATV or bounding down Bali’s white water rivers on a raft. Fun as they may be, there are some serious considerations to make before booking these kinds of …