Indonesians may soon be encouraged to spend weeks at a local tourism destination in between COVID-19 jabs, with the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry preparing a domestic vaccine to

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Usually, with the Haj season just weeks away, the two-storey shop selling supplies and gifts for people preparing for the Islamic pilgrimage would be a hive of a

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has long planned to establish a travel bubble with a number of countries in an attempt to recover the pandemic-affected tourism sector that logged a GDP of R

Love it or loathe it, a trip to Bali is a rite of passage for many Australians.

Jakarta – The government has decided to launch a pilot project for the Work from Bali program in Nusa Dua, an upscale resort area on the tourist island, to encourage domestic visitors t

Emma Connors, Singapore – The Indonesian government is wrapping Bali in a bubble in an effort to protect the holiday mecca from rising new cases, as hotels start to advertise to interna

Erwida Maulia and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is working on a plan to send thousands of Jakarta-based civil servants to work remotely from Bali, in a bid to help

Thomas Bywater – An ambitious $4 billion tourism development dubbed 'the next Bali' has been condemned by the UN Human Rights Office after shocking land grabs and treatment of the islan

Ah, Bali. Land of holy temples, age-old traditions, beaches and jungles – and hordes of influencers in flowing white clothing.

Semarang, Central Java – Seven people drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir in Central Java, police said Sunday.

Febriana Firdaus, Ubud – A Russian Instagrammer who launched his motorbike off a dock, crashing into the sea.

Denpasar, Bali – A Canadian man has been expelled from Bali for offering an "orgasmic" yoga class after authorities said he disrespected local traditions and values.

Antara, Jakarta – A total of 772 hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions in West Java have obtained the CHSE (cleanliness, health, safety, environmental sustainability) certificati

Fathiya Dahrul and Claire Jiao – Indonesia aims to welcome back foreign tourists to the resort islands of Bali, Bintan and Batam by the end of July, with a plan to speed up vaccinations

Rina Chandran, Bangkok (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A tourism mega-project on the Indonesian island of Lombok has uprooted local and indigenous people, and destroyed homes, fields, ri

Jakarta – The government is mulling a plan to vaccinate most of the Bali residents in the next two months and to open the islands for foreign tourists by July to reinvigorate its econom

Dan Clarke spent a good part of 2020 on the Indonesian islands of Bali and neighbouring Gili, where he spent his days working on his laptop and his down time enjoying the picturesque be

Emma Connors, Jakarta/Sydney – Indonesia believes the promise of a population with herd immunity to COVID-19 and a zero-tolerance approach to health protocol violations will be sufficie

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's tourism minister Sandiaga Uno said on Monday (Mar 22) that the proposed "safe travel corridor" between Singapore, Batam and Bintan is meant to attrac

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesian tourism and creative economy minister Sandiaga Uno said on Saturday (Mar 20) that preparations can begin for a "safe travel corridor" between Singapor

John Duerden – Most of the 260,000 foreign tourists who visited North Sumatra in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 arrived at the international airport at Medan, the island's biggest city a

Bisnis, Francisca Christy, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo planned to gradually reopen the economic sector, especially tourism in Bali once the spread of Covid-19 started to sl

It will be at least another year until Bali opens to international tourists, Indonesia's health minister said last week, a statement which has prompted backlash from public figures and

Antara, Jakarta – Tourism workers are among the people prioritized to receive Covid-19 vaccines, as the Indonesian government seeks to rejuvenate its tourism, which has slumped since th

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has completed the construction of 263 Tourism Accommodation Facilities (Sarhunta) in the super-priority destination of Man

Anne Barker, Indonesia – Indonesia is drawing up a plan that could allow foreign tourists to return to Bali within months if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and return a nega

Sheany – An "orgasm retreat" initially scheduled to start this weekend in Ubud has been canceled, after it gained traction online and was castigated by Indonesians, with one local publi

Antara, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno on Monday said that he plans to reopen Bali's tourism through a program entitled the 'Free Covid Corridor' which he

An online registration open to tourism workers in Bali this week has so far attracted over 10,000 people, an official said, as it pools the number of people who would potentially benefi

Wishnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – The government has decided to assign MNC Lido City, a resort megaproject owned by MNC Land, a Jakarta-listed property company controlled by media tycoon

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno along with Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly were discussing a policy to grant a long-te

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry has joined forces with tech giant Grab to recover the pandemic-stricken tourism sector by ramping up health proto

Carlos Roy Fajarta, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno moved his office and staff to Bali on Thursday to get first-hand knowledge of the real problem facing th

Heather Chen and Randy Mulyanto – Swarms of people dressed for a nightclub gather at the edges of an abandoned skating rink to watch and cheer as skateboarders perform stunts against a

Sabrina Citra – This week, a Twitter thread penned by an American graphic designer named Kristen Gray went viral.

Rebecca Ratcliffe – At the Uluwatu temple in Bali, monkeys mean business.

Jakarta – The development of tourism in the Komodo National Park threatens to sideline local people. The original habitat of the giant lizards is also threatened with destruction.

Patrick Winn – The Komodo dragon lives up to its name: nearly 200 pounds of lizard, 8 feet from tail to tongue, with teeth like a shark.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno unveils his plan to help the pandemic-hit tourism industry back on its feet in 2021, pledging to continu

Jakarta – The Central Java and Yogyakarta provincial administrations are currently mulling over closing down tourist sites in their areas during the year-end holidays to prevent the spr

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Recently installed Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has pledged to focus on reviving the pandemic-stricken tourism industry next y

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani lamented the government policy which obliged tourists heading to Bali for year-end h

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Bali provincial government has issued circular No.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has said that the province will ban crowd-pulling New Year's Eve celebrations in public spaces indoors and outdoors, saying they pos

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government is preparing to reopen Bali to international tourism, but the plan hinges on the island's COVID-19 situation, a ministry spokesman has

Jakarta – The Bali provincial administration will allow hotels, restaurants and tourists destinations to hold the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration under COVID-19 health protocols in

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is optimistic about Bali's readiness to welcome tourists before Christmas, hailing the province's safety protocol during the pandemic as "excellen

Dian Septiari, Nusa Dua, Bali – The world-renowned resort island of Bali is ready to welcome international tourists before Christmas, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organ

Jakarta – The meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry says is has sustained at least Rp 44.3 trillion (US$3.1 billion) in losses as a result of the COVID-19 pa

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Tourism has yet to recover from the pandemic-induced slump, with foreign tourist arrivals and hotel occupancy rate remaining below normal levels, Stat