The final figures for 2024 are from the Central Statistics Agency. This fresh data explores everything connected to travel and tourism in Bali, and Indonesia overall. The figures tell us more about traveler spending habits and how they have changed over the last 12 months. The Central Statistics Agency has revealed that throughout 2024 the …
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This year, the Balinese New Year, known as Nyepi and the Day of Silence, will fall on the 29th of March. At 6am on Saturday, 29th March 2025, Bali will fall silent, everyone will stay at home or inside their accommodation, there will be no transportation movement, and all air traffic will come to a …
Tourists in Bali now have more choice than ever before in terms of navigating between the island’s biggest attractions. Over the last few years, tensions have been rising between local taxi drivers and online taxi app providers. As new policies are introduced to help level the playing field in the taxi driving marketplace, a new …
Bali has confirmed that it will be deploying a new Traffic Jam Team, which will be tasked with reducing traffic congestion in the province’s worst-affected areas and, perhaps more importantly, improving road safety. Bali has one of the worst road safety records in all of Indonesia, with dozens of traffic collision-related deaths and hundreds more …
Bali’s Badung Regency is home to the island’s most popular tourist resorts, Uluwatu, Canggu, and Seminyak, to name but a few. Right now, this ultra-popular region of the island is seeing a concerning surge in the number of reported cases of dengue fever. Tourists have been advised to take prevention protocols seriously. Badung Regency saw …
It is fair to say that this monsoon season has triggered some of the most landscape-altering natural disasters in recent history. With the province in the midst of the annual rainy season, the public is advised to move with caution and take a risk-averse approach, especially in potentially volatile landscapes such as the island’s limestone …
Tourists in Bali are being urged to heed serious weather warnings that have been put in place across the central south of the island. Badung Strait, Bali’s busiest boat crossing lane, is set to see high waves for the next few days, as well as many other regions in the north of the province. Speaking …
Bali Police have confirmed the arrest of a Russian national believed to be a criminal gang leader. The man was arrested at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in connection with the kidnap and armed robbery of a Ukrainian national and his Indonesian driver on the 15th of December 2024. Communities in Bali have been …
Bali’s Penglipuran Village is anticipating a huge surge in the number of visitors over the next week. This is due to the Lunar New Year festival and because this award-winning tourism village is one of the most engaging cultural attractions in the province. Penglipuran Village in Bangli Regency is anticipating to welcome 10,000 tourists a …
The Badung Regency Government has confirmed the purchase of the land where the former Sari Club stood. The 15 are of land (0.15 hectares) that was previously used by small market traders have been purchased to develop the Bali Peace Park Museum on the site where the 2002 Bali Bombings took place. The Head of …
The global wellness and beauty tourism market is officially worth a whopping USD 5.6 trillion. An almost incomprehensibly large amount of money, and Bali wants its fair share of the action. For tourists wishing to rest, rejuvenate, and relax on the Island of the Gods, the services and experiences on offer are about to become …
Leaders in Bali have been forced to issue media statements after it appeared that Serangan Beach had been renamed. The controversy was sparked after an image circulated online appeared to show Serangan Beach, now named Surf Surf by The Waves. The issue is a particularly sensitive topic after Canggu was renamed ‘New Moscow’ on Google …