Part of the role of Indonesia’s Tourism Board, Wonderful Indonesia, is to inform and direct tourists from around the world and around the country to the nation’s best travel destinations. Whether these are on the path or so wildly off the path you can’t even rely on a map, the role of a tourism board …
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The Indonesian Ministry for Tourism and Creative Economies has announced that it will be launching a new centralized digital tourism information center on the 14th of October, 2024. The platform, known as the Digital Nusantara Tourist Information Center, will help tourists access all the information they need about traveling throughout the country, including Bali Province, …
Can you believe it?! The New Year is just around the corner! We know many of you will already have lined up your accommodation for Christmas and New Year 2025 in Bali. But we also know plenty of Bali lovers who wait until the last minute to make a booking. Sometimes, this is a risk …
Demand for travel in Bali continues to rise as we head into the latter end of 2024. With Bali set to welcome a record number of international tourists in 2024, airlines are negotiating increased flight services with managers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International. September has seen the return of direct flight service between Bali …
It has long been the mission of Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economies, Sandiaga Uno, to promote both East Java and lesser-visited regions in Bali. Now, the Tourism Minister’s commitment to promoting off-path destinations in the region has come to fruition, with a new package tour taking tourists from Banyuwangi in East Java through …
An Australian tourist has shared warnings with fellow Bali-bound travelers after she had to pay her visa-on-arrival fee twice. The simple but costly mistake is an easy-to-make error for even the most experienced nomads. Indonesia’s visa-on-arrival and e-visa-on-arrival are the most popular and appropriate visas for holidaymakers, short-stay digital nomads, business visitors, and cultural visitors. …
As leaders in Indonesia look to pass new legislation to better control how tourism is developed in the province, tourism business owners are looking to other international travel hotspots to learn effective ways to mitigate the risks of overtourism. While South Bali is on the brink of experiencing overtourism, so too are many of the …
Tourists planning an upcoming visit to Bali are being reminded that the Bali Tourism Tax Levy is still in effect. Introduced back in February 2024, the Tourism Tax Levy was created to help fund the protection of future natural landscapes and to help level up tourism services across the province. The Bali Tourism Tax Levy …
New data confirms that Bali will see its busiest year on record in 2024. With international tourism arrivals already surpassing that of all 2019 by mid-2024, the Island of the Gods is receiving a huge surge in the number of holidaymakers, digital nomads, ex-pats, and international investors arriving in the province. Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency …
Kintamani is one of Bali’s fastest-growing tourism resorts. Located in the shadow of Mount Batur, the Kintamani area is a home away from home for nature lovers and is THE place for coffee aficionados to embrace their passions. As tourists continue to seek new destinations offering something different for their itinerary, Kintamani is becoming an …
Leaders in Bali are looking into new ways to diversify and refine tourism in the province as many tourism stakeholders increasingly frustrated with the mass tourism movement. Experts have come together to discuss ways in which tourism can benefit travelers, businesses, and the wider community in new ways. A new tourism body has been created …
Ubud Art Market will remain closed to the public for the foreseeable future as leaders in Gianyar Regency establish the next steps following a devastating fire that destroyed the new market building on Saturday, 17th August. Some of the over 1,000 vendors have already set up stalls in new areas, while others are left in …