Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is moving to strengthen the management of Bali’s tourism accommodations by fostering better communication and collaboration with key stakeholders.It also seeks to provide regulatory certainty and facilitation for accommodation businesses that are fully licensed, standardized, competitive, and sustainable.In a statement in Jakarta on Saturday, the ministry's Deputy for Industry and Investment, Rizki Handayani, noted that the accommodation sector plays a strategic role in supporting Bali’s regional economy and national tourism.In the fourth quarter of 2025, Bali’s economy grew by 5.86 percent year-on-year (YoY). Accommodation and food services were the largest contributor, accounting for 1.69 percent of Bali's economic growth and 22.1 percent of the total Gross Regional Domestic Product.Handayani further said that despite volatile global geopolitical dynamics, Bali maintains its competitiveness as a premier cultural destination for international travelers.This advantage, she said, must be bolstered by guaranteed safety, improved service quality, and a reliable, high-quality experience for tourists.”The resilience of Bali's accommodation sector is increasingly significant as the foundation of the national tourism industry's stability,” she remarked.Throughout 2025, Bali recorded high foreign tourist arrivals. However, data on hotel occupancy rates for both star-rated and non-star-rated hotels show significant fluctuations, indicating that the increase in tourist arrivals does not always translate into higher occupancy for formal accommodations.The ministry assessed that this condition has underscored the need to arrange the business ecosystem to ensure a fair and competitive tourism industry.To address challenges in the accommodation sector—including illegal accommodation and unregistered villas—the government is strengthening governance through Government Regulation No. 28 of 2025 on Risk-Based Business Licensing and Tourism Minister's Regulation No. 6 of 2025 on Tourism Business Standards.In this regard, Handayani invited all tourism accommodation providers in Bali to collaborate in streamlining and strengthening licensing through the Online Single Submission Risk-Based Approach (OSS-RBA) system.Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Bali Province Tourism Business License Audit Acceleration Team, Yoga Iswara, stated that Bali is continuing to solidify its position as one of the top global destinations by restructuring the tourism accommodation sector.This goal is pursued through a tourism license audit program titled Bali Kerthi Compliance, which evaluates accommodation providers based on three key pillars: administrative compliance, business standards, and sustainability.