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ASEAN Business

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.
Transport & Logistics

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.
ASEAN Business

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.
Transport & Logistics

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

The island is attracting a growing number of international tourists eager to combine medical procedures with a tropical getaway.
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ASIA HEALTH HAVEN

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.
ASEAN Business

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.
ASEAN Business

SIA and Scoot cancel Bali, Lombok flights after volcano eruption

Foreign tourists on a beach in Canggu, Badung regency on Bali island. Bali attracted nearly three million foreign visitors in just the first six months of this year.
International

Despite ‘new Singapore’ ambitions, Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism

Tourists walk past a hotel under construction in Seminyak, Bali. The acting governor has proposed a moratorium on the construction of new hotels, villas, and nightclubs.
Opinion & Features

A hotel ban in Bali? Not a second too soon

The plan has been suggested to the central government, which wants to reform tourism on Bali, one of Indonesia’s main attractions, in a bid to boost tourism quality and jobs while preserving the island’s indigenous culture.
Property

Indonesia's Bali wants to ban building of hotels, villas

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