Safety and Sustainability Top Priority For Bali This Peak Travel Season

Here at Regional Travel Monitors, we’re here to report on all the latest news from the island, and the good news is, with tens of thousands more tourists set to arrive, there is more than enough room for everyone to have a safe and fun time in the sun.

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Safety and sustainability have been cited as top priorities for tourism leaders in Bali as the peak travel season gets underway.

At the height of the peak season, Bali can welcome more than 65,000 air passengers onto the island. As things start to feel busy, tourism leaders have come together to discuss how to keep everyone safe this vacation period.

The Head of the Bali Tourism Office, I Wayan Sumarajaya, called a coordination meeting to follow up on the Minister of Tourism’s Circular Letter Number SE/3/HK.01.03/MP/2026 concerning the Implementation of Safe, Comfortable, and Enjoyable Tourism Activities During the 2026 School Holidays.

For tourists, all this means is that there was an official directive from the Ministry of Tourism calling on the travel sector to get ready for the peak travel season. This includes everything from logistics to standard operating procedures to doing more to promote sustainability across all aspects of tourists’ experiences.

Although conflict in the Middle East is impacting travel all around the world, the situation in Bali is safe and stable. In fact, data shows that 2026 is on track to be another record-breaking year for tourism. During the meeting, the Bali Tourism Office outlined the current state of Balinese tourism, which shows a very strong recovery post-pandemic.

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), foreign tourist visits to Bali increased sharply from only 51 visits in 2021 to 2.15 million in 2022, then 5.27 million in 2023, and reached 6.94 million visits in 2025.

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By April 2026, the number of foreign tourist visits had already reached around 2.01 million. Over the course of June, July, and August, this will rise sharply again.

Leaders in Bali are also feeling positive about the impact of domestic tourists, who make up a huge portion of the total visitors to Bali. Data suggests that at least 3.35 million domestic tourists have visited Bali this year so far.

During his speech, Sumarajaya outlined some of the steps the tourism sector is taking to help promote safety and sustainability to tourists this high travel season; all things that it’s important for tourists to be aware of.

He spoke of how government agencies from the Tourism Office through to Bali Police, Search and Rescue, Traffic Units, and Lifeguards are all working together to help anticipate and mitigate the risk of traffic congestion, tourist accidents, and potential disasters in natural and marine tourism areas. He explained that this is happening at the village, regency, and provincial levels.

Sumarajaya shared, “We are also coordinating so that districts regularly report conditions and developments. So they know where crowds are and so on. We also request coordination with other stakeholders, including the police.”

Safety Restrictions & Operational Directives

The Bali Provincial Government reiterated the importance of implementing policies to reduce single-use plastic and source-based waste management in the tourism business environment.

If you’ve been with us here at Regional Travel Monitors for some time, you will already be familiar with Bali’s waste management issues and how these problems are impacting local communities, tourists, and the environment.

He noted, “Service and security are priorities. We also emphasize the Governor’s policy to continue implementing restrictions on single-use plastics. Furthermore, we must process organic waste on-site and sort it into at least three types: organic, inorganic, and residual.”

He concluded, “I also urge hotels and destinations to start using renewable energy, for example, PLTS or solar power. This will allow sustainable tourism to be achieved more quickly.”

So what does all this mean for tourists? It means that things will feel busy, but that tourism officials across the island will be working around the clock to keep everyone moving safely and having a good time. It also means that tourists will see more opportunities to step up and support sustainable tourism as standard; easy, really!

What Travelers Should Do

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