What's On | Written By, Edward Speirs | May 20th, 2021 Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Pandjaitan, is pushing the Indonesian Government’s Work from Bali campaign once again, encouraging not only personal or private sector to work from Bali, but ministries as well. He stated that because ‘working from home’ was already a norm now, then why not work from...
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By the river: This photo taken before the pandemic shows a screening of a documentary on plastic waste, at the traditional open-air Badung market in Denpasar, Bali. The screening was held by Pulau Plastik, an environmental initiative that has refrained from conducting live, face-to-face activities and has shifted to online activities to continue campaigning for the mitigation of the plastic waste problem,...
Infrastructure is being improved in the Tanjung Pulisan area, a special economic zone, to support tourism in Likupang.(JP/Riza Roidila Mufti) Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman Jakarta ● Fri, April 9, 2021 The government plans to spend Rp 4.01 trillion (US$275.15 million) this year on 108 basic infrastructure projects in five prioritized tourist destinations to spur visits. The Public Works and Housing...
April 12, 2021 For over two decades I’ve enjoyed so many holidays on Gili Meno and returning this time I am reminded once again why I fell in love with this pretty island so long ago. Gathering at Padang Bai to board the boat for our Nyepi long Weekend, there was a growing sense of excitement as veteran travellers and first-timers swapped names and stories. By the time we left, we had already made new...
What's On | Written By, Edward Speirs | April 8th, 2021 In this article, we discuss (1) the targets that must be made for Bali to re-open to tourists, and how tourism will operate going forward; and (2) how the island’s own tourism industry should prepare for the opening of Bali, with insight from key players in Bali’s private sector. Once again, Bali has a deadline to reopen its borders to...
LAST UPDATED: APRIL 10, 2021 BY: BALI SUN Bali Officials have started to implement the Genose C-19 breath test as a Covid testing method in The I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport as of Friday (9/4). As one of the testing methods that was invented by Professor Kuwat Triyono from Gadjah Mada University, the Genose test is claimed to have high accuracy like other Covid testing methods but with a much lower cost...
BY: THE BALI SUN The air traffic of Bali Ngurah Rai International airport has surged during the Easter holiday season. The Stakeholder Relations Manager of Angkasa Pura I Ltd for Ngurah Rai Airport, Taufan Yudhistira said that over 8 thousand passengers have entered Bali airport in one day. “Yesterday, Thursday (1/4) we had 8,875 passengers arriving at the airport from 63 different flights.” said...
by Indonesia Expat March 24, 2021 Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has suggested that there is a plan to reopen access to foreign tourists this year. So far, Bali and Bintan are the two destinations on top of the list. Sandiaga is aware that the ban on foreign tourists is making Indonesian tourism stumble. The goal of the ban is positive, which is to reduce the risk of COVID-19...
Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sat, March 20, 2021 / 08:30 am Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) secretary-general Angel Gurría (left) and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati attend the release of an OECD survey in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Oct. 10, 2020, on the sideline of the International Monetary Fund–World Bank (IMF-WB) Annual...
Plans for Diamond Sanur will make it the largest 'Super Marina' in Southeast Asia. Images courtesy of Bali Investment Trust A group of international investors have plans to develop a Super Marina in Sanur with a range of record-breaking attractions as part of a tourism master plan for Bali and Indonesia's eastern islands. In recent reports published by Kompas and Bali Post, an international investment...