Tourists planning on visiting Bali over the next four weeks have been warned to book their accommodation and activities as far in advance as possible.
With the Balinese Hindu festival of Nypei falling on the same weekend as the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr at the end of the month, accommodation right across the island is close to booked up, the Bali Sun reports. There will be no last-minute deals.
Most tourists and holidaymakers heading to Bali book their accommodation pre-arrival but those who wing it are being warned they might not find the hotel room they want in the location they prefer.
To guarantee rooms in Bali’s most popular resort areas, it is highly advisable to book hotels, villas, B&Bs, guesthouses, and hostels now.
The dual holidays will see domestic travellers heading to Bali, Indonesia's flagship tourism destination, which is is just as popular with domestic visitors as it is with international travellers.
Facilities are expected to be stretched from March 28 and April 6.
The deputy chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Bali, I Gusti Agung Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya, said it is expected that over 20,000 domestic tourists will land in Bali each day during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, known in Indonesia as Lebaran.
“Our prediction for tourist arrivals could increase by 10%," he said.
The majority of domestic tourists travel from Jakarta, Semarang, and Jogjakarta, to popular Bali resorts like Kuta, Legian, Jimabaran and Canggu.
Suryawijaya suggested that hotel occupancy rates will increase by at least 10% on average over the festival period. With this in mind, it would be wise for tourists to make bookings as soon as possible to secure both the hotel itself and their preferred room.
Head of the Bali Tourism Office, Tjok Bagus Pemayun, said hotel occupancy could increase by as much as 20% with some hotels, resorts, and villa complexes becoming fully booked.
During the Eid al-Fitr holiday in 2024, a total of over a million passengers passed through Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.
Image: The Damai resort
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