It is also home to a unified confederation of kingdoms composed of 10 traditional royal Balinese houses, each house ruling a specific geographic area. Bali is the home of the Subak irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For comparison, this is about seven times as many as in the entire Caribbean. In this area alone, over 500 reef-building coral species can be found. īali is part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species, especially fish and turtles. In March 2017, TripAdvisor named Bali as the world's top destination in its Traveller's Choice award, which it also earned in January 2021.
Other international events held in Bali include the Miss World 20 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bali. It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. īali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Balinese characters.īali ( / ˈ b ɑː l i/ Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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