Bali

Bali residents take to burning trash as landfill rules change

Bali is the main driver of international tourists to Indonesia, accounting for 45 per cent of the 1.3 million arrivals in October, official data show.

Indonesia pushes back on Bali’s plan to ban Airbnb rentals

The floods are caused partly by record rain, but are also a reckoning for years of rampant overdevelopment and a waste management system under enormous strain; the island’s formerly verdant south has been transformed by a tourism boom that brought jobs and economic benefits, but also paved over and built on paddy fields and coconut groves that once provided drainage.

Flood reckoning for Bali on overdevelopment, waste

The Bali initiative comes as Indonesian officials try to re-ignite growth amid weakening investment and declining consumer confidence.

Indonesia weighs transforming Bali into a regional financial hub

The aviation disruption came just weeks after the same rumbling volcano caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island.

Bali flights nixed after huge Indonesia volcano eruption

A rescue team moving a victim's body brought to shore earlier by local fishermen after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, July 3, 2025.

4 dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks on way to Indonesia’s Bali

On Thursday, flights from Bali departed on schedule to Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and China.

Flights to Indonesia's Bali resume after disruption by volcano eruption

A beach in Canggu, Bali. Indonesia is attracting a growing number of international tourists eager to combine medical procedures with a tropical getaway.
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Beaches, parties and nose jobs: How Bali woos tourists with thriving cosmetic surgery scene

Bali's Ngurah Rai airport (above) is currently the second-busiest airport in Indonesia, and is said to be struggling to handle the surge in air traffic.

Bali bets big on new US$3b airport and LRT to tackle overtourism challenges

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki spews ash and smoke during an eruption as seen from Lewolaga village in Titihena, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Nov 13, 2024.

SIA and Scoot cancel Bali, Lombok flights after volcano eruption