Ngurah Rai Airport denies entry to 574 foreign nationals Jan–Aug 2026
Immigration officials at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport report 574 foreign nationals denied entry, 570 departure deferrals and hundreds of administrative e…
Tourism & Hospitality
Arrivals, rules for visitors, hotels and the tourism industry.
Indonesia records 8.98 million foreign visits in January-July 2026
Indonesia logged 8.98 million foreign tourist visits in January-July 2026, up 5.23% year on year, as the Tourism Ministry said gains in Asia, Oceania…
Klungkung Tourism Levy Tops Rp21 Billion as Nusa Penida OGOD Boosts Receipts
Klungkung Regency has collected more than Rp21 billion in tourism levies from January to 10 September 2026, driven largely by Nusa Penida attractions.
Klungkung keeps Diamond Beach open but halts private entrance fees
Diamond Beach in Nusa Penida remains open to visitors, but Klungkung authorities have ordered operators to stop collecting their own entrance fees and…
Four Seasons Sayan opens seven reimagined suites in sustainability-led refresh
Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan has opened seven reimagined riverside suites as part of a sustainability-led refresh announced in March 2026, but ha…
Nusa Penida OGOD fee system raises Rp2.7 billion in nine days
Nusa Penida’s OGOD levy system raised about Rp2.7 billion in attraction fees from 1–9 September 2026, while early implementation brought queues, techn…
Six Badung tourism villages draw over 92% of 2026 visits
Six tourism villages in Badung — led by Munggu and Sangeh — generated more than 92 percent of the regency’s 568,582 recorded tourism village visits be…
TransNusa launches Bali–Phuket flights, daily service due in October
Indonesian airline TransNusa has launched a new nonstop route between Bali and Phuket, with four weekly flights from 9 September 2026 and plans to upg…
Bali–Jakarta and Bandung Flights Resume After Anak Krakatau Ash Disruption
Domestic flights between Bali and the Jakarta, Tangerang and Bandung area resumed in the early hours of Tuesday, 8 September 2026, after Anak Krakatau…
Karangasem logs 688,945 tourist visits to August, led by Tirta Gangga
Karangasem’s Culture and Tourism Agency reports 688,945 tourist visits from January through August 2026, dominated by foreign arrivals.
Bali Ranked Third in Agoda’s 2026 Asia Repeat-Visitor Index
Digital travel platform Agoda’s 2026 Repeat Visitor Ranking places Bali third among Asia’s most revisited destinations, behind Tokyo and Bangkok, base…
PHRI: Bali hotel occupancy around 80% despite Anak Krakatau flight disruption
Bali’s hotel occupancy was around 80 percent as of 7 September 2026 despite flight disruption linked to Anak Krakatau’s eruption, according to PHRI Ba…
Bali Tightens Waste Rules for Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés
Hotels, restaurants and cafés in Bali are being told to sort and process most of their waste at source as the island’s main landfill nears closure, wi…
Gilimanuk ferry link connects Bali and Java via ASDP crossing
Gilimanuk Bay is Bali’s western ferry gateway to Banyuwangi in East Java, carrying passengers and vehicles across the Bali Strait. Travellers should c…
Nusa Penida Drivers Press Klungkung on Attraction Fees and Roads
Drivers in Nusa Penida met Klungkung officials on 6 September 2026 at Caspla Beach Club to criticise how new attraction fees are collected and to dema…
