What Bali’s official economic indicators mean for business and investment
Official 2025 data point to a growing but tourism-led Bali economy, with low unemployment, falling poverty and measurable inflation pressure for busin…
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Bali Governor Koster Sets Four-Part Investment Approach
Bali Governor Wayan Koster outlined four measures to expand MSME financing and attract investment into agriculture, energy, culture, digital industrie…
What QRIS growth means for Bali’s small-business economy
Bali’s small-business economy is operating in a rapidly expanding digital-payments environment, but national QRIS and transaction figures must not be…
Bank Indonesia projects Bali economy to grow 5.4%-5.9% in 2026
Bank Indonesia projected Bali’s 2026 economy to grow 5.4%-5.9%, supported by agriculture, construction, trade, tourism, consumption and investment, wh…
Lombok Tengah regent urges investors to report delayed permits
Lombok Tengah Regent Lalu Pathul Bahri urged investors to report deliberately delayed permits while stressing that development must comply with licens…
Where are Bali’s jobs growing, and what does the labour data show?
Bali’s labour market added workers in 2025, led by trade and tourism-linked services, while agriculture contracted and unemployment remained low. The…
Why Bali’s 2025 investment remained concentrated in Sarabagita
Bali recorded Rp42.81 trillion in realised investment in 2025, but about 93% was concentrated in Sarabagita and tourism-linked sectors remained promin…
Bali Tech Week to seek digital investment from 19 October
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital will hold Bali Tech Week in Sanur from 19 to 23 October, bringing investors, technology companies an…
Bali to host New Asia Forum targeting US$30 billion in investment
Indonesia’s New Asia Forum will take place in Bali on 3–4 December 2026, backed by Danantara and targeting US$30 billion in investment commitments acr…
Why Bali’s 2025 growth still depends on tourism-linked sectors
Bali grew 5.82% in 2025, but the province’s expansion still depends heavily on tourism-linked demand while construction, logistics, trade and other se…
Why Bali’s investment is concentrated in tourism but not limited to it
Official figures show Bali’s investment remains tourism-led, while property-related development, services and transportation account for sizeable acti…
Indonesia may begin business human-rights sanctions in 2028, minister says
Indonesia’s human-rights minister said sanctions for companies violating human-rights standards could begin in 2028, after a transition period followi…
Hundreds of Bali hotels and villas listed for sale online
Online property platforms carried listings for hundreds of hotels and villas across four Bali regencies, prompting a government verification effort an…
Bali chamber calls for review of OSS business-licensing system
Bali’s chamber of commerce has urged the central government to review and revise the Online Single Submission licensing system, while also calling for…
What drove Bali’s economic growth in 2025?
Bali’s 2025 expansion was broader than tourism alone, with construction, trade, transport and warehousing, and accommodation and food services all ide…
