Short answer
The Bali tourist levy, often called the Bali tourist tax, is IDR 150,000 (about AUD 12) per foreign visitor, children included, paid once per trip and never in cash. Pay it ahead on lovebali.baliprov.go.id, typing the address yourself, and keep the emailed QR voucher on your phone.[2]
- Levy per person
- IDR 150,000
- Family of four
- IDR 600,000
- How often
- Once per trip
- How to pay
- Card or cashless, no cash
In detail
How much is the Bali tourist levy?
Every foreign visitor pays the levy, PWA (Pungutan Wisatawan Asing) in Indonesian, of IDR 150,000 (about AUD 12), children included, so a family of four pays IDR 600,000 (about AUD 48).[2, 4]
The payment form also shows a figure in your currency, and the rate shown on that page is the one applied.[3] Every other arrival fee sits in one dated table in the ledger.
Is the Bali tourist levy mandatory?
Yes. The levy is Bali's law for every foreign tourist, whether you fly in direct from abroad or arrive through Jakarta or another part of Indonesia. Indonesian citizens do not pay.[5]
The timing is now more forgiving. Since July 2025 you can pay during your stay as well as ahead of arrival, so if you forget at home, you can still pay after you land.[5]
Who is exempt from the levy?
If you live in Indonesia on a KITAS (limited stay permit) or KITAP (permanent stay permit), or hold a student, family unification or golden visa, you don't pay. Neither do aircrew, ship crew or diplomats. The rules also exempt some other visa types, whose holders apply on Love Bali (a 2024 provincial statement names business visas as one); on a tourist visa on arrival or visa-free entry you pay.[2, 5, 17]
Carry your card: KITAS, KITAP, student and family visa holders show it if an officer asks. Golden visa holders, and holders of a visa not named above, apply for the exemption on Love Bali instead. Children aren't exempt.[2, 4]
Sources differ on whether KITAS and KITAP holders must also apply ahead: a 2024 provincial statement says to apply on Love Bali at least a month before you arrive. To be certain, apply ahead; see Conflicts.[17]
Our rule
On a golden or other visa, apply on Love Bali well before you fly, and skip paying only once it approves you.
Without the approval, you have nothing to show an officer.
What is the official website for the Bali tourist levy?
The official site is lovebali.baliprov.go.id, and the official app is Love Bali on Google Play and the App Store.[9]
Type lovebali.baliprov.go.id yourself and pay only where the total is IDR 150,000 a person, since look-alike sites can sit above the real site in search ads. Look-alike sites charge more than the official price; some can send a voucher that fails a check, others can pass the real levy on and keep the difference.[7, 14]
If you have already paid a look-alike, look your payment up on the official site with your passport details before you pay again. The official sites guide has the e-VOA and arrival card addresses too.[2]
Our rule
Type lovebali.baliprov.go.id yourself, and pay only where the total is IDR 150,000 a person.
Any other total is a copy, whatever the page looks like.
How do you pay the levy online?
You pay on the official site or the Love Bali app, in five short steps. The QR voucher you get by email is your proof.[3]
Type the official address yourself
Type lovebali.baliprov.go.id into the address bar, or open the Love Bali app from Google Play or the App Store. Don't tap a search ad, or a link in an email asking you to pay, since the province does not email visitors for payment.[7, 9]
Choose one person or a group
Pick a single payment, or the group option if you are paying for others.[3]
Enter each name exactly as your passport shows it
Leave out accents, hyphens and other punctuation. Use an email address you can open on your phone, because the voucher goes there.[3]
Pay by card or another cashless method
The site takes Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, bank transfer, virtual account, UnionPay and QRIS, Indonesia's national QR payment code.[2]
If money leaves your account but no voucher arrives, wait about 10 minutes for the payment to update and check your spam folder. Then look the payment up with your passport details before you try again.[2, 3]
Save the QR voucher
The voucher arrives by email. Screenshot it and keep it with your passport photos, since you may have no data when you land.[3]
When and where can you pay it?
You can pay online before you arrive, at a counter at Bali's airport or ports, or during your stay through a hotel, agent or attraction registered with Love Bali.[2]
Paying online ahead of the trip is the easy option, and leaves nothing to do on landing. At Ngurah Rai airport (I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport) there are counters in both the international and domestic arrivals halls, and they take cards, not cash.[1, 6, 7]
Every proper way to pay ends with the same emailed QR voucher. The table shows what each one takes.[2, 5]
| Where | Pay with | Proof |
|---|---|---|
| lovebali.baliprov.go.id or the Love Bali app | Card, bank transfer, virtual account, UnionPay, QRIS | QR voucher by email |
| Airport counter, on arrival | Card, no cash | QR voucher by email |
| Registered hotel, agent or attraction | Card or another cashless method | QR voucher by email |
| Look-alike site | Card, at a higher price | A voucher that can fail a check, or the real levy at a markup |
Never pay a collector in cash. You get no voucher, so the levy is still unpaid.[2]
Is the levy checked, and what if you do not pay?
Sometimes: a voucher scan may run between the baggage belts and the exit, and officers sometimes check at the big temples and attractions. Have the voucher ready when you land. Sources differ on the airport check; see Conflicts.[6, 11, 12, 13, 18]
At the sights, tourism officers checked vouchers at Besakih, Tanah Lot and Uluwatu temples in March 2025, and they sometimes patrol the major attractions. When officers check, they ask at the entrance for the QR voucher, and a visitor who has not paid is asked to pay by card on the spot; on most days at most temples nobody asks.[7, 10, 11, 15]
Our rule
If an officer asks and you have no voucher, pay on the spot by card.
It costs the same IDR 150,000, and refusing can get you turned away at the attraction.
Next steps
FAQ
Conflicts
Sources differ on whether you pay again each time you enter Bali, on whether the levy is checked at the airport, on what happens if you do not pay, and on how KITAS and KITAP holders claim the exemption.
Do you pay the levy on every entry to Bali, or once per trip?
Once per trip into Indonesia.
The regulation's own Article 5(1) and the official FAQ both tie the payment to leaving Indonesia, and no source describes anyone charged twice within one trip.
See what each source says
Article 4A(1): a foreign tourist must pay the levy every time they enter Bali, directly from abroad or through another part of Indonesia.[5]
enacted 20 June 2025
Article 5(1), same regulation: payment holds while the tourist travels in Bali and until they leave Indonesia.[5]
enacted 20 June 2025
The levy is paid once while travelling in Bali, before the person leaves Indonesia.[2]
read 11 October 2026
Is the levy checked at the airport?
Have the voucher ready from the moment you land.
The official statements date from 2024; the 2026 descriptions come from visitor guides and our own arrival, and no official statement on an airport check since 2024 was found on 18 October 2026.
See what each source says
The Bali Tourism Office said the levy is not checked at the airport.[12]
published 2 December 2024
The airport counter serves visitors who have not yet paid.[6]
published 21 February 2024
A levy voucher lane sits between the baggage claim area and the arrivals exit.[13]
published 27 April 2026
A prepaid levy QR code is scanned at a checkpoint after the baggage belts; unpaid visitors pay at a counter.[18]
updated 4 July 2026
On our own arrival, nobody asked to see a levy voucher between the aircraft and the taxi rank.[16]
confirmed 21 October 2026
What happens if you do not pay?
There is no fine and no travel ban.
The 2023 text's Article 6(2) barred non-payers from touring Bali; the 2025 amendment replaced it with a duty to pay when asked, and Article 16A lists only warnings and refusal of service. The government notice cites the texts that applied before July 2025.
See what each source says
Article 6(2) of the 2023 text: foreign tourists who do not pay are barred from touring Bali.[20]
enacted 8 August 2023
Article 16A: administrative sanctions only, namely an oral warning, a written warning, and/or no service at tourist attractions.[5]
in force 1 July 2025
Article 6: a tourist who cannot show proof of payment must pay the levy.[5]
in force 1 July 2025
Government notice 6: tourists who do not pay will be restricted from visiting Bali; non-compliance may also bring a verbal reprimand recorded in the Love Bali app and a formal written reprimand. The notice cites the 2023 regulation and the 2024 governor regulation as its legal basis.[21]
undated; read 11 October 2026
A tourist who cannot show proof is asked to pay on the spot; there is no fine.[11]
2 April 2026
How does a KITAS or KITAP holder claim the tourist levy exemption?
Carry your KITAS or KITAP and show it if asked; to be certain, apply for the exemption on Love Bali at least a month before you fly.
The application route comes from a 2024 provincial statement.
Sources
Our summaries of Indonesian rules are unofficial; the Indonesian text governs.
What's New Indonesia, Bali tourism tax levy: a guide for 2026 travellers
Bali Provincial Government, Love Bali, FAQ
Bali Provincial Government, Love Bali, Love Bali: Tourist Levy (home page)
Indonesian House of Representatives research centre, Info Singkat: the Bali tourist levy (October 2025)
Bali Travel Life, Bali tourism levy: a visitor's guide
Bali Provincial Government, Love Bali, About Us
Bali Provincial Government, Love Bali, Bali Tourism Office strengthens levy compliance with destination inspections
What's New Indonesia, Bali set to reinforce its tax levy regulation for tourists in 2025
Balisim (eSIM and transport operator), Bali airport arrival guide (2026): e-VOA, arrival card and tourist levy
Bali Provincial Government, Love Bali, Consequences for foreign tourists who don't pay the foreign tourist levy (government notice 6)
Ministry of Finance, Indonesia, Fiscal Policy Agency, Kurs Pajak (tax exchange rate), weekly
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