On the 14th of February 2023, Bali will introduce its new tourism tax. The long-anticipated tourism levy will be charged to all international tourists visiting the island. Now the Indonesian Tourism Board has laid out more details about what to expect. Wonderful Indonesia has described the upcoming tourism tax as a sustainable tourism initiative. It …
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Bali has confirmed its tourism targets for 2024. In late 2023, the Indonesian Ministry for Tourism and Creative Economies announced nationwide targets, and now the Island of the Gods has revealed goals for the year ahead. The Indonesian Ministry for Tourism and Creative Economies has confirmed that they are targeting the welcoming of 14 million …
Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport just received a major upgrade. New auto-gates featuring facial recognition have now been installed and will be ready for use in the coming days. Indonesia’s Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly, has visited Bali Airport to check the new immigration inspection facilities. During his visit, Minister …
2024 is set to be the biggest year on record for cruise travel in Bali. The government and private investors are pumping huge funds into developing the island as a leading cruise destination in Southeast Asia. The first of seventy jumbo cruise liners scheduled for 2024 has docked into Bali’s Benoa Harbour. The Norwegian Jewel …
On the 14th of February 2024, Bali will officially introduce its new tourism tax. The mandatory levy will see all international arrivals pay IDR 150,000, but many of the finer details are still up for discussion. Initially, the tourism tax was touted to help fund the preservation of Balinese culture, heritage, and landscapes. Following the …
As hundreds of thousands of tourists are making their way home after celebrating Christmas and New Year in Bali, the island’s usual traffic chaos has gone from bad to worse. Provincial authorities are putting emergency measures in place to tackle the problem. The Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, has confirmed that a temporary shuttle …
The Director General of Immigration for Indonesia is on a mission to elevate the services provided by the department. Director General Silmy Karim wants to establish a world-class immigration service that benefits Indonesian citizens, expats, and tourists. Over the last few months, Karim and the Department of Immigration have announced a series of new services, …
New Year’s celebrations went off with a bang in Bali. With hundreds of thousands of tourists letting loose and parties spreading across beaches, venues, streets, and private homes, a big clean-up operation is underway. Bali’s busiest beaches of Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak welcome tens of thousands of people to the shorelines to watch an incredible …
Officials in Bali have confirmed that clean-up teams are ready and waiting to deal with the inevitable tides of plastic that will start washing up on the island’s most popular beaches in the coming weeks. Every year during late December, January, and February, ocean plastic washes up by the tons. Leaders in Badung Regency have …
Bali is a province with so much to explore. With limited public transport options, many tourists choose to drive themselves around the island. Tragically, over the last 12 months, conditions on the island’s roads have taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The number of recorded collisions on Bali’s road has doubled in the last …
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 Desa Potato Head has received a B-Corp certification, which positions the beach club and hotel amongst some of the world’s most environmentally and socially conscious businesses. The B-Corp movement is seeking to change the way businesses operate to create a better world. Desa Potato Head is proudly one of the world’s most highly regarded …