Bali villa rental investment has expanded rapidly in recent years, but the paperwork hasn’t exactly kept up. Yet, the sharp rise in properties used for tourism has not been matched by adequate monitoring or reliable data collection. We reach a point where the gap between what’s on paper and what’s actually happening on the ground…
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Executive Summary Bali’s property market still offers some of the most attractive lifestyle and investment opportunities in the world. But beneath the palm trees and Instagram sunsets lies a legal landscape that is… let’s say… less forgiving than it first appears. The truth? Most problems don’t come from bad intentions. They come from assumptions, half-advice,…
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Written by : Terje. H Nilsen There was a moment in the recent BTIC meeting with the Ministry of Tourism and the Bali Provincial Government that quietly changed the tone in the room. It wasn’t dramatic. No headlines. No confrontation. Just a simple statement: “Property owners engaged in business activity must also have an NIB.”…
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Bali’s tourism sector continues to show strong growth, but it is accompanied by a number of pressing issues. Governor Wayan Koster highlighted issues such as waste, traffic, environmental strain, and tourist misconduct, which increasingly threaten the sustainability of Bali’s tourism. In response, Governor Koster has proposed a draft regional regulation aimed at comprehensive restructuring of…
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Written by: Terje. H Nilsen Bali is once again doing what Bali does best: attracting the world. January arrivals this year pushed close to 600,000 foreign visitors — up from roughly 530,000 the same month last year. The recovery narrative is over. We are now in the phase of recalibration. But here is the question…
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Written by : Terje. H Nilsen Incorporating a company in Indonesia has never been easier. With the Online Single Submission (OSS) system, a foreign investor can establish a PT PMA in a matter of days. In many cases, this process involves using a virtual office (VO) as the company’s registered address. And from a legal…
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By: Terje. H Nilsen In Bali’s evolving property landscape, experience alone is not enough. Marketing alone is not enough. Legal knowledge alone is not enough. What today’s market requires is integration. At Seven Stones Indonesia, our strength lies in having built, sold, marketed, structured, and legally secured property investments in Bali for more than two…
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In 2026, the question “Can foreigners legally buy property in Bali?” is no longer debated. Now it is a matter of choosing the correct legal structure. With the enactment of Government Regulation (PP) No. 28 of 2025, Indonesia has overhauled its business licensing system, making transparency and digital compliance the new standard. For international investors,…
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Over the past two years, Bali has been sending us a message. It hasn’t come through official channels or government press releases, but through something far more honest: flooded streets, eroded rivers, dying forests, polluted coastlines, and an island that is quietly telling us it cannot carry the weight of business-as-usual any longer. For those…
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For years, Bali’s real estate market operated in a grey zone of convenience. Villas were sold on PowerPoints, shortcuts were common, zoning was “flexible,” and many foreigners trusted marketing brochures rather than legal processes. Those days are over. By late 2025, the Indonesian government made one thing unmistakably clear: the era of unlicensed, unstructured property…
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