Bali is a majority Balinese Hindu island, and Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation in the world. With the Eid al-Fitr holiday coming up, the demand for domestic tourists to travel to Bali will soar. With this in mind, tourists who want to book specific activities, hotels, and restaurants during the festival should do …
Hotels
As Bali reckons with balancing existing mass tourism and moving forward with more sustainable and culturally respectful tourism, travelers are being encouraged to stay in hotels that celebrate the island’s heritage. Heritage hotels or hotels with a strong commitment to cultural preservation offer tourists an exciting opportunity to really immerse themselves in the Balinese way …
As a destination, Bali is ideal for family holidays, with resorts like Sanur, Kuta, and Legian all offering plenty of family-friendly hotels and activities for little ones; it’s obvious why the Island of the Gods has become the go-to vacation destination for hundreds of thousands of visitors over the years. Bali is also a destination …
Without a doubt, the most popular area to travel to in Bali right now is Canggu. The once sleepy traditional village slowly became popular with surfers and backpackers before mushrooming into a full-blown tourism resort in the last few years. It is no exaggeration to say that a new tourist-forced business is opening up in …
The west of Bali is one of the most underrated travel destinations on the island, if not the whole country! It is home to stunning coastal vistas, rolling hills, and a national park abundant with wildlife. Finally, West Bali is starting to get the recognition it deserves. The Plataran Menjangan Hotel is celebrating a major …
For tourists who want to avoid the crowds and get great value for money (who doesn’t?!), this month is a great time to visit Bali. The low season will run now until early May, and the island’s most iconic destinations are eager to welcome as many tourists as possible. Bali’s Nusa Dua is spoiling tourists …
Bali’s Ubud is one of the world’s top destinations for honeymoon couples and lovers on a romantic retreat. Many of the most family-friendly resorts can be found along the coast of Badung Regency, but there is one hotel in the jungles of Ubud that is offering a nature-filled retreat for the whole family. The Westin …
One of Bali’s oldest and most famous hotels is undergoing a rebrand and renovation ahead of its reopening in 2024. The Grand Inna Bali Beach will return in 2024 as Meru Sanur as part of the newly established Special Economic Zone in the coastal resort. The hotel, which sits right on the Sanur Beach front, …
Bali’s trash problem has been hitting international headlines in the last month as three of the island’s biggest open landfill sites caught on fire. As firefighters battled the blaze for over three weeks, the discussion around how the island might tackle the waste problem in the long term resurfaced once again. Two hotels have funded …
Bali is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful islands in the world. The verdant rice terraces, dense tropical jungle, and azure blue waters that surround the island have long been the picture postcard of a paradise getaway for millions of tourists. What makes Bali quite so special is that ancient cultural practices and values are …
The Island of the Gods is home to some of the most magical hotels and resorts in the world. From the clifftop villas of Uluwatu to the rice paddies resorts of Ubud, there is incredible accommodation in every corner of the island. Just as we thought it couldn’t get any better, a new and magical …
In the wake of Friday’s elevator tragedy that claimed the lives of five young tourism workers, leaders in Bali have begun assuring the public that the incident will be investigated so that nothing similar may ever happen again. Leaders from Bali Police, the provincial government, and the tourism board have spoken to the press to …