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Sky-high airfares slam Bali domestic tourism numbers
Foreign tourist numbers haven’t been hurt so far, but the number of Indonesians visiting Bali has been declining ever since the start of the year, according to the island’s Tourism Department, which cited a recent surge in domestic airfares as the primary cause.
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Mt. Agung erupts again, sending huge plume of ash above volcano’s peak
A week after an eruption saw dozens of flights in and out of Bali’s international airport canceled, Mount Agung was back at it again today, erupting at 11:42am, and sending a massive plume of ash into blue skies above the island.
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‘I want to go home’: British ‘immigration slapper’ moved to Kerobokan prison to serve remainder of six-month prison term
Authorities today moved Auj-e Taqaddas, the British woman who notoriously slapped an immigration official at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport, to a female prison in Kerobokan, where she reportedly expressed a desire to return to her home country.
Bali Police arrest former teacher on charges of treason and spreading hate speech
Bali Police have arrested a 49-year-old man, who has been identified as HKB, for allegedly spreading hate speech and plotting treason through messages sent via WhatsApp.
“The suspect has been arrested since May 14.
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After competing reports filed, Bali police name alleged victim of gambling violence a suspect in same case
What happens when a victim becomes a suspect? There’s no definitive answer for that one, but we might see how that plays out in the case of two Balinese men who have filed competing reports with the police and have both been named suspects in each other’s cases.
Fans in Bali meet and marvel at Avengers stars Tom Holland and Chris Hemsworth during their visit to the island
Bali is teeming with some serious superhero energy this week, with fans on the island enthusiastically greeting actors Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland at an event in Denpasar.
Holland, the actor behind Spider-Man, and Hemsworth, who is best known as the mighty Thor, were both recently on the island of the Gods promoting their respective upcoming movies – Spider-Man: Far From Home and Men In Black: International – much to the delight of their Indonesian fans, some of whom documented their encounters with the actors on social media as soon as they arrived in Bali.
