Bali Airport Arrivals Up 12.37%
Bali Airport Arrivals. The State News Agency Antara recorded 21.8 million domestic and international passengers during the period January-November 2024.
The general manager of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport, Ahmad Syaugi Shahab, says that compared to the same period in 2023, the total passengers handled by Bali’s airport has increased 12.37% over the 19.4 passengers for the same period the year before.
Shahab attributes the growth in passenger numbers to the opening of many new routes operating to and from Bali. Looking back over the past 11 months, six new domestic flight routes have opened to the following destinations: Sorong, Lampung, Berau, Sumbawa, Palembang, and Pontianak.
Meanwhile, eight new international routes have been added to Bali in the past year to the following destinations: Bengaluru, Canberra, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Kota Kinabalu, Phuket, Busan, and Shanghai.
With the new domestic and international destinations served by Bali’s Airport, there has been a corresponding increase in flight movements. During the January-November 2024 period, as compared to the same period in 2023, flight movements increased by 4% from 124,153 to 129,493.
For the subject period, international passengers constituted 59% or about 12.9 million, with the remaining 8.9 million domestic passengers.
Shahab predicts a spike in passenger numbers during December 2024 with the Christmas and New Year peak holiday travel period. Bali’s Airport projects 23.6 million passengers for the two months of December-January.
This projection is far above the normal average. July 2024 experienced the highest passenger numbers, totaling 2.1 million, higher than the usual monthly average of 1.9 million or 65,282 daily passengers.
Of the 21.8 million passengers passing through Ngurah Rai Airport During the first eleven months of 2024, 50% of all domestic passengers, or around 4.4 million passengers. The second most popular domestic destination is Surabaya, with 1.2 million passengers; in third place, with 476,000 passengers, is Makassar.
The most popular international route operating from Bali is Singapore, with 2.5 million passengers; Kuala Lumpur, with 1.5 million passengers; and Perth, with 975,000 passengers.
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226 Foreigners Arrested for Crime in Bali 2024
The Bali Provincial Police report that 226 foreign nationals were convicted of criminality in 2024. As reported in detik.com, the largest number of foreign criminals in Bali in 2024 came from the United States (120).
The Chief of the Bali Provincial Police, Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya, speaking at a press conference on Monday, 30 December 2024, said: “Based on the data for 2024, a total of 226 problematic foreign nationals in Bali were arrested for being involved in criminal acts, both general crimes, special crimes, and narcotics.”
Of the 226 foreign nationals apprehended for criminal offenses, the largest number was 34 hailing from the United States, followed by Australians at 32, Russians at 28, United Kingdom at 25, and Germans at 12.
These numbers do not include cases handled by immigration and anti-narcotics authorities.
Breaking down the totals further, 133 foreign nationals were charged with general crimes in 2024. This total represents an increase of 49% over 2023, when only 89 foreigners were detained for general crimes.
In 2024, Bali police apprehended five foreign nationals as suspects for special and cyber crimes. Meanwhile, 88 foreign nationals were involved in drug cases in Bali throughout 2024.
In addition to being perpetrators of crimes, the Bali Police also recorded that 228 foreign nationals were victims of crime on the Island of the Gods. This number increased by 31 percent in comparison to 2023. Meanwhile, 142 foreign nationals were involved in traffic accidents in Bali in 2024, an increase of 35 percent compared to the previous year.
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Governor Outlines Bali’s Future Challenges
Bali’s Interim Governor Mahendra Jaya closed out the year 2024 and the final days of his term of office with a “coffee morning” shared with friends and associates at the Governor’s Official Kertha Sabha Residence on Friday, 27 December 2024.
Governor Mahendra Jaya declared the purpose of the gathering as an opportunity to reflect on his interim term of office and, looking ahead, to outline the challenges ahead in 2025.
According to BeritaBali.com, the Governor, who was in a reflective mood, was pleased that two major elections—the General Election and Simultaneous Regional Elections—were successfully conducted in Bali under his tutelage.
Mahendra Jaya expressed his gratitude to the Balinese people and officialdom who contributed to the success of his administration.
Referring to the regional elections, he added: “Let’s forget our differences. We now must strive together to wholeheartedly support the elected Balinese leader so that he can successfully carry out their mandate.”
The outgoing interim Governor says Bali still faces several key issues that demand urgent attention. Those key challenges include controlling inflation, remedying extreme poverty, alleviating poverty generally, eliminating stunting, controlling regional development, strengthening Balinese culture, and enhancing the Island’s human resources.
Regarding inflation control, Mahendra Jaya said Bali’s inflation was maintained at around 2.5%. While Bali’s inflation rate is generally above the national average of 1.55%, the Governor insists that the Island’s inflation rate is moderate, reflecting people’s purchasing power.
“The indicator is that the economy in Bali is growing above 5%, exceeding the national average. Likewise, investment entering Bali far exceeds targets,” he added.
Discussing extreme poverty, poverty, and the prevalence of stunting, Bali’s reigning Governor insists the figures in these areas are generally better when compared to the national average. Extreme poverty in Bali 2023 will be at 0.19%, below the national figure of 1.12%. Meanwhile, the percentage of poor people in Bali in 2024 is 4%, far below the national average of 9.03%.
The stunting rate in 2023 in Bali stood at 7.2%, while the national average approached 21.5%.
The Bali Provincial Government’s efforts to strengthen local culture are being addressed by including Balinese cultural elements in the school curriculum, encouraging quality tourism villages, and enhancing the role of the Bali Cultural Council.
As a parting comment, Mahendra Jaya invited the community to maintain peace and build Bali with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana and Sad Kerthi.
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Bali Rains To Persist Through January
The Bali Agency for Meteorology, Climate, and Geophysics (BMKG-Bali) forecasts that the entire Island of Bali will be inundated with rain of varying intensities through the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The current rainy conditions will persist through most of January 2025. Recent heavy rains in many parts of Bali have resulted from a specific atmospheric phenomenon called the “Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO).”
“When the MJO is active during the rainy or the dry seasons, this phenomenon can increase the intensity of rainfall in the Indonesian region,” explained BBMKG Region III Forecaster Brian Eko Permadi on Saturday, 21 December 2024.
Brian continued explaining that the MJO phenomena typically last 30-60 days. He added that the current MJO condition will continue through January 2025. Bali’s peak rainy seasonally falls in January-February.
In addition to the continuing effect of MJO, Bali’s weather has also been afflicted since mid-December by a cyclonic weather system off northwest Australia and south of Indonesia.
BBMKG predicts rainfall from light to medium intensity over the Christmas and New Year holidays, punctuated by periods of sunshine with partly cloudy conditions.
The BMKG is continually updating its website with three-day forecasts broken down into three-hour periods.
Weather officials remind the public and Island visitors to remain alert whenever venturing outside. They warn that sporadic extreme weather conditions can include heavy rains, lightning strikes, strong winds, flash floods, landslides, and falling trees during the rainy season.
The BMKG also warns of the potential for high waves of 1-2.5 meters in the waters south of Bali. Because of this, beach visitors and watersports enthusiasts should also remain on the alert.
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