UPDATE: Indonesia’s Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio said that news of him suggesting to make Bali more Muslim-friendly was a misreporting. Read our update on this here.

Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has now weighed in on supposed plans to transform the island into a Muslim-friendly destination, stressing instead that Bali has always been open to everyone and therefore requires no such labels.

Coffee enthusiasts in Bali, get excited – something interesting is coming our way in 2020. 

After opening the first of their Singapore outlets earlier this year in June, famed Kyoto coffee-chain % Arabica is branching out to neighboring Indonesia, with plans to open their Ubud outpost on the first quarter of next year.

A 75-year-old Frenchman who went missing while swimming in Bali’s Pasut Beach, Tabanan regency yesterday afternoon has been declared dead, the province’s Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas Bali) said, after his body was finally found just before midnight.

There’s a brand-new social club and kitchen in the trendy Nyuh Kuning neighborhood that promises to electrify the Ubud social scene! Open from breakfast, Current dishes out a full breakfast and lunch/dinner menu plus a high voltage cocktail list to take you well into the night.

Bali’s provincial government is setting aside around IDR1.6 billion (US$114,076) to revamp the Besakih Temple complex in Karangasem regency starting next year, with plans to build new food stalls and a parking facility in tow.