Indonesia is in the middle of the Lebaran holiday. The series of public holidays are celebrated nationally over Eid al-Fitr. Millions of Indonesian families travel all over the country to make the most of the public holidays, with tens of thousands visiting Bali. Travel forecasting shows that there are a few busy days ahead in …
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Leaders in Bali are preparing for one of the busiest times of the year. In 2025, both the Balinese Hindu festival of Nyepi and the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr will fall on the weekend. With millions of Indonesian families on the move and international tourists in Bali, authorities must coordinate a lot. The Indonesian …
Bali’s leaders have revealed more details about a new ring road that will be constructed to help tackle traffic congestion in and around the island’s busiest tourism resorts. While Bali is in many ways a picture-perfect travel destination, it is fair to say that in order to access the dreamy postcard hotspots, one must first …
Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Transportation has confirmed that a new water taxi service will be up and running by the end of 2025. The new sea shuttle service will connect tourists directly from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport with the island’s top coastal resorts, such as Seminyak and Uluwatu. Speaking to the media the …
As Bali’s Governor, Wayan Koster, embarks on his second term as provincial leader, he has been speaking to the media about his vision for the next five years. As expected, some of his biggest announcements relate to public transport and Bali’s struggling road network, issues that frequent Bali tourists are all too familiar with. Governor …
A top tourism academic in Bali has spoken to the media about the need for the province to better manage its public transportation services. At present, there are limited public transportation options in Bali for locals and for tourists. As the government looks to develop more links, one academic says consideration must be given to …
A new water taxi service has launched in the popular Bali beach resort of Benoa. The service will be known as the Bali Marine Water Taxi and will help connect tourists with Tanjung Benoa, Serangan, and Pedungan. This is just one of many sea taxi routes that Bali wants to develop in the coming months. …
Fast boat services between Bali and Lombok are resuming their full normal schedule after a week of cancellations and delays. The impacts of Tropical Cyclone Seedling 96S have been felt across Bali Province and West Nusa Tenggara. Fallen trees, landslides, flooding, and storm damage have affected hundreds of communities and even killed at least four …
Fears for the safety of Bali’s fast boat industry as a boat caught fire at a port in Nusa Penida this weekend. The vessel, carrying 85 passengers, suddenly caught fire just as the boat’s teams had finished boarding all those who’d booked tickets. Though there were no fatalities or injuries, the incident has left tourists …
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 will be introducing a series of new policies that will help protect local taxi driver’s livelihoods. There will also be more strict enforcement of existing legislation. These updates will also have a knock-on effect on tourists and the public, hopefully for the better. Online taxi companies Grab and GoJek have agreed with the Bali …