Further details are surfacing surrounding the arrest of three Russian nationals who were arrested in Bangli, central Bali, on Friday, 05 June 2026, following a hair-raising police pursuit in which shots were fired by police in order to subdue the fleeing criminals. Police seized a large stash of hashish weighing 7.8 kilograms during the arrest […]
The Republic of Indonesia is targeting 19.1 foreign tourist arrivals for 2027, according to Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana. Speaking on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, Minister Wardhana, quoted by the Xinhua Chinese News Agency, said: “We are committed to optimizing all available resources so that tourism can make a greater contribution to the economy, job
Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2026 reveal the best hotels, lodges, and spas in Indonesia—as voted by their global readership. The 2026 survey of Travel + Leisure’s global readership has now listed the results of its readers’ survey of the best hotels, lodges, and spas in Indonesia. Not surprisingly, Bali and Jakarta featured
BeritaBali and Kompas report that the police apprehension of a pickpocket in Bali’s Bangli Regency ended surprisingly mercifully. On 19 June 2026, a rapid Response Team of the Bangli Police Precinct arrested a man caught pickpocketing an American tourist at the Kehen Temple tourist attraction. Somewhat surprisingly, although the culprit was arrested by police, the
Emirates introduced Super Jumbo A380 flights connecting Dubai, UAE, and Bali on 01 June 2023. The Airline has now announced its intention to add a second daily A380 service to meet demand during the peak travel season Emirates says the seasonal expansion aims to drive more inbound traffic to Bali during one of the year’s
Perthnow from Western Australia in an article, Bali traffic – Congestion in Canggu difficult to fix as solutions to traffic crisis stall written by Amy Cavender, focuses on the chronic traffic gridlock that plagues the fast-developing North Kuta area of Bali and the limited options available to officials to ease traffic congestion in this area.
Beritabali reports that a beauty clinic on Jalan Subak Sari in Canggu, Bali, has been closed for offering unlicensed medical aesthetics services and illegally employing foreign medical personnel. The PRIME Skin Clinic, previously operating as Elasto Beauty, was determined by officials to have committed several violations of health, business licensing, and employment regulations. Ordering the
Compared to the same month in 2025, foreign tourist arrivals to Bali declined in April 2026. Meanwhile, April arrivals increased significantly compared with March 2026. As reported by BeritaBali, the Bali Provincial Central Statistics Agency (BPS-Bali) said that 553,328 foreign tourists visited Bali in April 2026, an increase of 17,21% from the previous month, March
Kompas reports that Immigration Officers at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport arrested Angelo Pandeli, a 55-year-old Australian man listed on an INTERPOL Blue Notice as a wanted man hiding in the toilet of an executive jet, apparently while trying to flee Indonesia. Labeled by INTERPOL as a transnational criminal, Indonesian immigration authorities discovered that the Australian
NusaBali reports that the 19th Bali International Film Festival – BALINALE drew to a close on Friday, 05 June 2026, with the final awards ceremony announcing winning films across a wide range of categories. BALINALE – the only Oscar-qualifying film festival in Indonesia has now placed several Indonesian short films into contention for honors at