{"id":17080,"date":"2025-12-05T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17080"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:59:38","slug":"indonesias-bali-mulls-airbnb-ban-to-put-a-lid-on-revenue-leak-overtourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17080","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s Bali mulls Airbnb ban to put a lid on revenue leak, overtourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/05\/f38d6fcc-e4c3-40a3-9a0a-ab7bc2d5ae5d_c28fbdfa.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bali is considering a ban on Airbnb\u2019s accommodation, its latest attempt to impose order on a resort island struggling to cope with a record surge in tourism.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Use of Airbnb-style rentals has exploded in recent years, eroding tax revenue from hotels even as foreign arrivals boom, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster told state news agency Antara. The proliferation of unregistered villas and guest houses in turn hampers the government\u2019s ability to raise revenue to fund public services, he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Bali \u2013 popularly known as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Indonesia<\/span>\u2019s island paradise \u2013 is grappling with the fallout from a post-Covid tourism boom, from mind-numbing traffic congestion to overbuilding and environmental damage. Airbnbs have emerged in recent years as a cheaper, popular alternative to the sprawling resorts and luxury hotels that dot the island of 4 million.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The local government has tightened tourism rules in response, including imposing a new levy on international visitors and stepping up enforcement against unlicensed operators.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Officials say such measures are aimed at ensuring tourism does not come at the expense of tax compliance and environmental management.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A ban in Bali would be a blow to Airbnb\u2019s international expansion, which the San Francisco-based company has identified as one of its major areas for investment to drive new growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/3335324\/indonesias-bali-mulls-airbnb-ban-put-lid-revenue-leak-overtourism?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bali is considering a ban on Airbnb\u2019s accommodation, its latest attempt to impose order on a resort island struggling to cope with a record surge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[11790,5326,6011,5325,4092,11791,11789,5286,3935,10170],"class_list":["post-17080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-airbnb","tag-bali","tag-ban","tag-indonesias","tag-leak","tag-lid","tag-mulls","tag-overtourism","tag-put","tag-revenue","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}