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Indonesia’s tourism minister plans to make Bali more Muslim-friendly
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.
Indonesia’s new Tourism and Creative Economy Minister looks set on developing the country’s halal tourism, explaining this week that top destinations such as Bali will undergo changes to accommodate more Muslim tourists.
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Teacher and boyfriend arrested on suspicion of raping student and forcing her into threesome
Police in Bali’s Buleleng regency have arrested a 29-year-old honorary teacher and her boyfriend for allegedly forcing one of her students to watch them have sex and then raping her.
In a statement, police identified the teacher as Ni Made Sri Novi Darmaningsih and her 36-year-old boyfriend as AA PT Wartayasa, and said that the alleged crime took place on Oct.
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Agung Rai, who founded the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA), will be speaking this Friday at Usada Bali on the very aspect that makes Bali so renowned the world over.
‘Online not allowed here, please!’: viral video shows animosity between taxi and ride-hailing drivers persist in Bali
Unsuspecting tourists might not be aware that tensions are (still) high between taxi drivers and drivers of ride-hailing services (locally known as “online taxi”) in Bali, and Coconuts Bali suspects that might be the case for tourists in a video that went viral recently, where conventional taxi drivers appear to gang up on an online taxi driver in an attempt to stop the latter from doing his job.
Bali authorities weigh in on viral photo of tourist wearing skimpy bikini in a supermarket
Welcome to Bali, where the latest hot topic happens to revolve around what one ought to wear (or not wear) during a visit to the supermarket. After a photo of one tourist wearing a skimpy bikini inside a supermarket went viral and sparked a debate on social media recently, authorities have now weighed in on the matter as well.
Photos of foreign tourist picking up trash on Sumba beach make rounds on social media
Photos of a foreign tourist picking up trash around a beach in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, are making their rounds on social media, showing a refreshing glimpse of good behavior from tourists visiting the archipelago amid numerous recent stories about misbehavior.
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