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bali.com Press & Media
A record of where bali.com has been cited – in national newspapers, a hotel partnership, and academic tourism research.
bali.com is an independent guide to Bali and a long-term observer of the island and Indonesia’s tourism.
National press coverage
bali.com has been cited in national newspapers in Germany, Switzerland and Indonesia.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
bali.com has been cited in two articles by correspondent David Pfeifer, who describes bali.com as a “well-informed website.” The reporting covers tourism, the tourist levy and the island’s infrastructure.
- “Es war einmal ein Paradies“ – on overtourism and the 2024 building moratorium. October 2024.
- Reporting on digital nomads in Canggu – Habe Laptop, suche Sinn. 2022.
Tages-Anzeiger, Der Bund and Basler Zeitung (Switzerland)
David Pfeifer’s 2022 reporting on Bali’s digital nomads, which cites bali.com on the immigration risks remote workers face, ran across three Swiss dailies under the headline “Sie kommen mit Laptops und suchen den Sinn.”
The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
The Jakarta Post reported on the Marriott Bonvoy partnership in February 2022, describing bali.com as “Bali’s domain and the main digital gateway to Bali.”
- “Marriott Bonvoy teams up with Bali.com” – The Jakarta Post, 18 February 2022.
In February 2022, as Bali reopened to international visitors, the Marriott Bonvoy Portfolio of Resorts in Bali partnered with bali.com on a combined booking journey covering accommodation and travel visa assistance. Under the partnership, the express travel visa application was facilitated by bali.com, and Marriott Bonvoy members received a discount on the visa application assistance fee. The partnership was reported by The Jakarta Post and distributed on PR Newswire.
Academic and conference work
bali.com contributed a peer-reviewed paper on sustainable tourism to the proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the Faculty of Law, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University (2021).
- “Quality Analysis & Development of Sustainable Tourism Media, Products & Legal” – on tourism policy, sustainable development and the legal framework around destination management in Bali.
bali.com has also been cited in academic work presented at the 2nd Bali International Tourism Conference.
- 2nd Bali International Tourism Conference Proceedings – bali.com cited as a source.
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