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Bad Behaving Bali Tourists to be reported

Bad Behaving Bali Tourists

Bad Behaving Bali Tourists – Officials Are Urging Everyone To “Report” Tourists!! The Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, has called on local people to urgently report any and all incidences of foreigners behaving badly on the island. The call for action from the provincial leader comes as part of a bigger effort to crack down…

Bali Foreign Tourists Limitation of Numbers?

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Bali Foreign Tourists – Limitation of Numbers? Governor Koster’s Provincial Government is expected to introduce regulations to help ensure Bali attracts a better quality of tourist visitors using various measures, chiefly by limiting the total number of holiday visitors. As reported by NusaBali.com, Governor Koster, speaking at a seminar on planning Bali’s future development for 2025-2125, warned:…

Bali Foreign Tourists

Bali Foreign Tourists

Bali Foreign Tourists – Tax & Discipline Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Bismar Pandjaitan, is fed-up with Bali foreign tourists acting up and misbehaving in Bali and recommends new policies and regulations to rein in unruly foreigners upsetting public peace and order in Bali and the rest of Indonesia. [Main Article:…

Travel Restrictions Indonesia Suspended

Travel Restrictions Indonesia

Travel Restrictions Indonesia Suspended Indonesian President Joko Widodo formally withdrew the policy limiting public movement (Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat – PPKM), effective 30 December 2022. According to the Singapore Straits Times, the decision by the Indonesian government to end policies controlling and limiting domestic activities and travel was taken after Indonesia had not experienced a significant…

Online Visa Indonesia – how to apply

Online Visa Indonesia

Online Visa Indonesia The Director General of Immigration -Ministry of Law and Human Rights has announced that foreign travelers coming to Indonesia can apply online for an electronic visa (e-visa-on-arrival) 90 days before arrival. “The time limit for the use of an E-VOA is 90 days from the date of issuance.,” explained the sub-coordinator for public relations of…

Indonesia COVID 2023 – on the verge of becoming endemic

Indonesia COVID 2023

Indonesia COVID 2023  – on the verge of becoming endemic Beritasatu.com reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is at hand. In Indonesia, the pandemic is relatively under control and about to transition to an endemic phase of the disease. WHO reminds vaccination programs against COVID-19 need to be continued and intensified to ensure that…

Immigration Indonesia – President Wants to Reform Immigration

Immigration Indonesia

Immigration Indonesia – President Wants to Reform Immigration Indonesian President Joko Widodo has asked that the Immigration Department simplify and ease the process for obtaining visas-on-arrival (VoA) and Limited Stay Permits (Kitas), particularly for foreign investors. As Beritasatu.com and Beritabali.com report, the President’s instructions come after receiving many complaints regarding immigration service. The President spoke while leading a meeting convened with top officials…

New North Bali Airport Officially OFF Government Priority List

New North Bali Airport

New North Bali Airport Officially OFF Government Priority List The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, has removed a total of eight major construction projects from the list of National Strategic Projects. One of these eight scrapped projects is the contentious North Bali Airport. Discussions about creating another international airport in Bali have been ongoing for…

Bali World Tourism Day hosted on 27 September

Bali World Tourism Day – hosted on 27 September 2022 Indonesia has won the privilege to be the global host of the 42nd World Tourism Day, which falls on 27 September 2022. Quoted by Kompas.com, the Indonesian Minister of Tourism and the Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, said: “For the 42nd edition of World Tourism Day, Indonesia has received the honor…

North Bali Buleleng Airport Plans Opposed

North Bali Buleleng Airport

North Bali Buleleng Airport Plans Opposed Beritabali.com reports that the chairman of the Special Planning Commission for the Provincial Zoning in Bali (RTRW-Bali), Anak Agung Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, announced that, after years of debate, the Village of Sumberklampok, in the Gerokgak District of Buleleng Regency has been selected as the location for a North Bali…