Local authorities in Bali have been instructed to gather complete data on villas and other properties rented out to tourists, and to check which of them hold permits. The move follows complaints about…
Bali and Phuket are like yin and yang, day and night, avocado toast and a juicy steak. Phuket fans will give you a million reasons why the Thai island is better than “that Bali village full of spaced-…
The Bali provincial parliament is drafting a law that would require hotels and restaurants to buy farm produce from Balinese farmers and fishermen — between 40 and 80 percent of everything that goes i…
If you stay in Bali long enough, there is a good chance that at some point you will need to leave Indonesia before starting a new period of stay. That short trip abroad is commonly known as a visa run
A foreign national has been expelled from Bali after doing digital marketing and producing paid content for the travel agency The Bali Dream while holding a business visa. He has been barred from ente…
A walkway linking the international and domestic terminals has opened at Ngurah Rai Airport. Passengers with connecting flights no longer have to leave the terminal, check in again and haul their suit…
Foreigners serving time in Bali's prisons have had their sentences reduced to mark the 81st anniversary of Indonesia's independence.
66 were granted a general remission of the first type, meaning a partial cut to the sentence, while four received the second type, under which the sentence ends immediately. The ceremony took place on…
In southern Bali there are plots that are still listed as rice fields in the paperwork, but the fields themselves are gone — water now covers them. Governor Wayan Koster said as much: the owner holds…
In Bali, water is believed to hold a special power — to cleanse not only the body, but also the mind, wash away negative energy, and help you let go of the past.
The Maybank Marathon in Bali