Bali’s Tourist Levy Compliance Just Hit 43%, and Flights Will Now Announce It
Every visitor to Bali is supposed to pay a small tourism levy on arrival. Not everyone does. Bali tourist levy compliance has quietly been one of the island's more stubborn problems, and this month brought two pieces of real news: the number of people actually paying is climbing, and starting in late August, your flight itself will remind you to do it.Bali's tourist levy compliance rate reached 43% for the January to August 2026 period, up from 35.4% over the same stretch last year. Total collection over
A 7.7 Earthquake Just Hit Flores: Here’s Why Bali Remains Safe for Your Trip
Bali safe after Flores earthquake is the short, honest answer if you've seen this week's headlines and felt a flicker of worry about your upcoming trip. That's a completely fair reaction to have, so let's walk through it properly rather than leaving you with just three words.A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Flores in the early hours of Saturday, August 15, 2026, followed by a second, magnitude 5.9 quake on Monday, August 17. Both were centred in East Nusa Tenggara province, roughly 500
Hantavirus in Indonesia: Why Bali Still Has Zero Cases, and What That Actually Means
Every so often a health story surfaces with a name unfamiliar enough to sound alarming, and travellers with trips booked start googling at midnight. Hantavirus has been that story in Indonesia this year. So here is the straightforward version, including the part that tends to get lost.Bali has recorded no cases. Not one, and no suspected cases either, according to the Bali Provincial Government.Short version: hantavirus exists in Indonesia at very small numbers, it has not appeared in Bali, it does not spread between people, and the
Bali Now Has 42 Direct International Routes: The New Flights Worth Knowing About
When China Eastern's inaugural flight from Beijing touched down at Ngurah Rai in July with 287 people on board, it quietly marked a milestone. Beijing Daxing became the 42nd direct international route served by Bali's airport.Forty-two. For an island of roughly 5,700 square kilometres, that is a genuinely unusual amount of direct connectivity, and it keeps growing.Short version: getting to Bali without a connection is easier in 2026 than it has ever been, and a few specific new routes are worth knowing about if you're planning a
Bali’s Subway Was Supposed to Reach Seminyak: Here’s Where It Actually Stands
In September 2024 there was a groundbreaking ceremony in Kuta for something genuinely exciting: an underground rail line that would run from the airport through Kuta and Seminyak and on toward Berawa and Cemagi. For anyone who has sat motionless in Bali traffic with a flight to catch, it sounded close to miraculous.Nearly two years later, the site is an empty plot behind barriers. No machinery, no workers, no tunnel.Short version: Bali's subway project has stalled, the company behind it is being sued over unpaid invoices, and
