Bali Airport Ready to Handle 20,000 IMF-World Bank Delegates
Bali Ngurah Rai Aiport Undergoes 5-Phase Upgrade to Prepare for Onslaught of IMF-World Bank Delegate October 12-14, 2018
Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport is now in readiness to welcome an estimated 18,000 delegates, including several heads of State, attending the International Monetary Fun Continue Reading
Developing Problems and Solutions
Hotel Investors Gather in Bali to Explore the Future
The 2nd Annual Indonesian Hotel Investment Conference (IHIC 2014) was held at The Grand Nikko Bali Resort on Friday, June 6, 2014.Sponsored by the Bali Hotels Association (BHA) and Horwath HTL, more than Continue Reading
Keeping Current on Currency
Balidiscovery.com Handy Guide to Spotting Counterfeit Indonesian Currency
(3/10/2014)
Balidiscovery.com’s Katrin Widodo has been conducting independent research on how best to detect counterfeit Indonesian bank notes. Along the way, Katrin learned that in Java alone last year, Continue Reading
Voting in The Zone
Bali Divided into Four Separate Campaign Zones for Legislative Elections
(3/9/2014)
The province of Bali will be divided into four separate zones for the coming legislative campaign and elections to be held from March 16, 2014 until April 5, 2014.The division up of the island into separate zones w Continue Reading
Half Way to 3 Million Visitors in 2013
Bali By the Numbers: Bali Ends the First Half of 2013 with 9% More Foreign Visitors than 2012
(7/29/2013)
June 2013 saw 275,617 foreign tourists visit Bali, an increase month-on-month of 15.7% over the 238,296 foreign visitors that came to Bali in June 2012.On a cumulative basis for Continue Reading
Missing in Action
Statue of Namesake of Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport Moved to New Location Closer to Entrance
(7/21/2013)
Gusti Ngurah Rai – the Balinese revolutionary hero went missing in action, at least temporarily.At 11:30 pm on Monday. July 15, 2013, the statue of Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai left its d Continue Reading
Are We Not Worthy?
Opening Date and Tariff for Bali’s New Toll Road will Only be Known after July 25, 2013
(7/7/2013)
When, exactly, Bali’s new toll road connecting Benoa – Ngurah Rai Airport - Nusa Dua will open and what it will cost to travel Bali’s first toll road remain uncertain.While In Continue Reading
Bumpy Road Ahead
Shoddy Roadwork Work Cited at Bali’s New Dewa Ruci Simpang Siur Underpass
(6/9/2013)
Complaints are raining in regarding the poor quality of cement paving done by PT Adhi Karya and others in the construction of the new underpass project at the Dewa Ruci Monument at Simpan Continue Reading
Bali Tourism Promotion Board Established
Governor Names Nine to Head Bali Tourism Promotion Board
(6/7/2013)
The Jakarta Post reports that Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika will “immediately inaugurate" the Bali Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) comprised of local tourism leaders and academics charged with promoting Bal Continue Reading
Kimonos Included
Luxury Traditional Japanese-Style Resort to Open Near Ubud in 2014
(6/7/2013)
Hoshino Resort Company has announced that they will open a luxury Japanese-style luxury resort in a community north of Ubud in 2014.The Hoshinoya Bali will offer 30 villas at Banjar Pangembungan at Desa Pejeng Continue Reading
Licensed to Thrill
639 Guides Licensed to Serve Bali Visitors
(6/2/2013)
639 tour guides in Bali holding expired licenses have passed recertification tests allowing them to once again work as legal guides.
The State News Agency Antara quotes the head of the Provincial Tourism Office for Bali (Kadisparda), Continue Reading
Educating the Public on Tourism
Leading Indonesian Educator Claims Indonesian Tourism is Uncoordinated due to a General Lack of Understanding of How the Tourism Industry Works
(3/22/2013)
Tourism in Indonesia was likened to a “sound system without a operator” by the chairman of the Ambarrukmo Tourism Acade Continue Reading