Lifecare Taxis for Bali’s Sick & Disabled

Lifecare Taxi – a division of the Bluebird Taxi Group – will soon commence operation within two months in the Denpasar and the Badung Regency in Bali. As reported by detik.com, Lifecare Taxi is a new transportation service that is offered primarily for passengers who are ill or disabled. Panca Wiadnyana, the General Manager of […]

George Harliono: By Demand, Back in Bali

British-Indonesian world-renowned classical pianist George Harliono will triumphantly return to Bali on Sunday, 07 April 2024, when he performs in the Plumeria Ballroom at the Padma Legian Resort. During his 2023 visit to Bali and Jakarta, Harliono performed at recitals and with symphonic orchestras before sold-out houses that included special encore performances to meet public

Batik Air: This is Your Captain, Sleeping

The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) has published a preliminary report regarding a “serious” breach of safety incident involving the pilot and co-pilot of a Batik Air Airbus A-320 flying from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi to Jakarta that occurred on 25 January 2024,  As reported by NusaBali.com, the KNKT concluded that the men occupying the right

Where is the Surge of Chinese Tourists to Bali?

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

Indonesian Tourism Arrivals Booming

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

Bali Arrivals Yet to Regain 2019 Levels

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

Bali Airport Screening for Pneumonia

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

BREAKING NEWS: COVID Rates Growing in Bali

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

Editorial: A Humble Defense of Backpackers

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 Businesses Need a Helping Hand

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

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