Jembrana – A resident of Pekutatan Village, Pekutatan District, Jembrana, NPS (53) died. He allegedly died of infection with the rabies virus. Head of Medical Services and Quality Control at the State General Hospital (RSU), Gusti Ngurah Putu Adnyana explained that on Tuesday morning (30/5/2023) he received referral patients from the Pekutatan 1 Health Center. … Read more
Jakarta – The Ngurah Rai Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement Team (Inteldakim) arrested two foreign nationals (foreigners) from Denmark. One of them is known to be showing off his genitals and the video has gone viral on social media. Reported detikBali, Saturday (27/5/2023), the two of them stayed at an inn in the Legian area, Kuta, … Read more
Jakarta – Caucasians from Germany who danced naked at Puri Saraswati Ubud, Gianyar, will be picked up by their families. Caucasians named Darja Tuschinki and brought back to their country will be returned to their home country. Reported detikBali, Thursday (25/5/2023) Head of the Denpasar Immigration Office (Kakanim) Tedy Riyandi said that he had received … Read more
Denpasar – The Denpasar Police revealed the cause of the death of a pair of Chinese nationals at the Intercontinental Hotel, Bali. The two WN Chinese are a man named Lhi Chiming (25) and a woman named Cheng Jianan (22). Reported detikBali, Wednesday (17/5/2023), Denpasar Police Chief Kombes Bambang Yugo Pamungkas said that Cheng Jianan … Read more
Attention Australian travellers to Bali: beware of fake visa websites that imitate the Indonesian government’s official site for prepaying electronic visas on arrival (e-VOA). Reports of scamming have flooded social media, with many travellers losing money to these fraudulent pages. Some have even purchased invalid visas, leaving them no choice but to buy an official … Read more
Denpasar – The 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri highlighted the actions of foreign tourists in Bali who committed violations. He admitted that he was annoyed because their actions were arbitrary in other people’s countries. This was conveyed Megawati in the seminar ‘The Direction of Bali’s Development in the Future of 100 … Read more
Australian couple robbed and scammed of over $150,000 in Bali, warns Services Australia of uptick in fraudulent myGov messages. Melbourne social media influencer Anna De Rieu and her partner were robbed of their belongings on their family vacation in Bali. Their details were then used to hack into their myGov account and withdraw $150,000 in … Read more
Bali is expected to be a popular destination during the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday for Muslims, according to Tjok Bagus Pemayun, the head of Bali Province’s Tourism Agency. Influx of domestic tourists is expected to rise one week prior to the holiday and will peak after the holiday. The Bali Tourism Board is predicting an … Read more
Indonesian nationalism is defined more by negation than affirmation due to the absence of a unifying thread to bind the nation’s diverse languages, cultures, and ethnicities together. The country’s founders rejected labels such as East or West, Islamist or secular, and Western-style democracy or left-wing totalitarianism, instead opting for guided democracy or deliberation for a … Read more
Indonesia’s Maritime and Investment Affairs Minister, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, is calling for Bali to attract “classier” tourists, rather than the typically rowdy holidaymakers Bali has become renowned for. Pandjaitan is pushing for Bali to focus on “quality tourism” instead of “mass tourism,” and is calling for a tax to be placed on tourists entering the … Read more