Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport officially welcomed Virgin Australia’s inaugural direct flight from Canberra to Denpasar on the evening of the 22nd of June. This service will operate three times a week throughout the 2026 summer season—every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday—bringing the total number of direct flight routes between Bali and Australia to 12. As a result, Australia...
​ In a significant blow to Bali tourism, AirAsia has been forced to axe routes from Australia to Bali due to surging jet fuel costs. ​Emblematic of the escalating fallout from the US misadventure in Iran and the Middle East, AirAsia will cease flights from Melbourne and Adelaide to Denpasar, Bali, effective 18 June 2026. ​Indonesia AirAsia general manager Achmad Sadikin Abdurachman...
Travel trends are changing in Bali faster than we can keep up with. While some travel trends come and go as quickly as the clouds, others change seasonally, and some have always felt set in stone. All that is changing, however, as Australian tourists, Bali’s most frequent international arrivals for more than a decade, have been knocked off the number one spot. Australian tourists have long...
Sanur is the place to be right now! Bali’s oldest coastal vacation resort is having a serious renaissance moment, and here, we are living for it. Sanur has received a massive set of upgrades and is now the home of medical and wellness tourism in Indonesia, but this leveling up has achieved so much more for the area than any of us thought possible. Sanur has always had a loyal community of...
Tourists visit Kuta Beach in Badung, Bali. (March 26, 2026). ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo/bar Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is diversifying its target markets by shifting its focus toward Asia and Oceania, a move designed to mitigate the impact of ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts on the travel sector. “We are refocusing our efforts on Asia and Oceania. These are...
Bali is a resilient place. The people and the culture of this island, as well as the landscape itself, have faced unimaginable adversity over the centuries and have stood strong in the face of strife time after time. As geopolitical tensions are rattling the world’s tourism sector, Bali is proving to be as in demand as ever. Demand for travel to Bali not only remains high but is...
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