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 …
Cruise Tourism
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 tourism will be a big focus for Bali’s tourism sector in 2023. Tourism stakeholders from across Indonesia are investing millions in upgrading the island’s facilities to ensure that larger cruise vessels can come into dock. On the 14th February, Bali’s Celukan Bawang Port in Buleleng Regency welcomed the luxurious Seven Seas Explorer Cruise Ship’s …
Bali has welcomed over 10 million tourists in 2022 alone. While this number is significantly higher than targets set by the Minster for Tourism earlier in the year, the positive impact of tourism returning to Bali has not been distributed evenly across the islands. Even before the pandemic, tourism was concentred in the south of …