The global downgrading in the COVID pandemic has many countries with large tourism sectors, like Indonesia, hopeful that levels of air travel to their destinations will soon return to pre-pandemic levels. This hopeful optimism for a full tourism recovery, when it eventually takes place, will depend to a great extent on the full resumption of outbound travel […]
Through August 2023, the total number of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia grew by a staggering 166.12% compared to the same period in 2022. For the first eight months of the year, 7.44 million foreign visitors entered the Country. As reported by Beritasatu.com, Indonesian tourism is on a strong comeback path from the virtual cessation
A total of 522,141 foreign tourists visited Bali in August 2023, based on the Bali Center of Statistics (BPS-Bali) statistics. This number represents a decline of 3.55% when compared to July 2023, when 541,353 foreign tourists came to Bali. However, when viewed on a month-on-month basis against the previous year of 2022, August 2023, arrivals
The growing global outbreak of Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Mainland China and beyond has piqued the attention of health officials at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport. Quoted by Tribun-Bai.com on 07 December 2023, the interim general manager of Angkasa Pura I, Iwan Novi Hantoro, commented, “This (outbreak) has become a point of interest, bearing in mind
There are worrying signs that COVID-19 may be staging an infectious comeback in Bali. Both RadarBali.com and NusaBali.com report that government authorities in Bali are asking the public to take precautionary steps of following health and hygiene protocols to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus that, despite an ongoing vaccination program, is still manifesting a
Quoted by many mainstream national media, including Kompas.com, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who also serves as the National COVID-19 Czar, said that in the future, Indonesian tourism wants to focus on quality foreign tourists and ban international “backpackers.” Follow-up reporting to Minister Luhut’s comments states that Indonesian Immigration officials would soon screen foreign nationals applying
Bali has suffered unprecedented financial setbacks resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic. An economic analyst, IGK Sandjaja Putra, interviewed in Balipost.com on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, said that Bali entrepreneurs burdened with debt repayment desperately need a “bailout.” Putra explained that the “bailouts” would be cash injections needed for bankrupt or near-bankrupt companies or banks
A delegation from the traditional village of Intaran in Sanur, Bali, visited the Bali House of Representatives (DPRD-Bali) on Monday morning, 06 June 2022, to register their objections to the construction of a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Benoa. The Indonesian Government’s plans to build an LNG terminal in or near the Island’s
Kompas.com reports that Bali’s Chapter of Friends of the Earth (WALHI-Bali) has written and tabled their objections regarding the proposed LNG Terminal in South Bali to Bali’s Governor I Wayan Koster and PT Dewata Energi Bersih – the company under contract to build the terminal. Bali Friends of Earth Demand Access to Public Records (Photo Luh De Suriyani/Mongabay Indonesia The
As reported by Beritabali.com, a draft criminal law (RUU KUHP) regarding adultery threatening criminal prosecution to unmarried couples checking into Indonesian hotels is being hotly debated and attracting protests from business circles. The draft law (section 415) threatens every person who engages in extra-marital sex with a maximum prison term of one year or a