Year-on-year progress
PWA (pungutan wisatawan asing, the foreign tourist levy) is a flat Rp150,000 per visitor. Roughly 33% of visitors paid it in 2024 and 35% in 2025, bringing in Rp318 billion and Rp369 billion respectively.
Governor Wayan Koster said that between 1 and 20 September 2026, 43% of arriving foreigners paid. Revenue had reached Rp289 billion by 20 September.
Forecast and collection channels
The levy currently brings in about Rp1.3 to 1.4 billion a day. On that basis the province estimates a 2026 total of around Rp429 billion. That beats last year but falls short of the Rp500 billion target officials cited in spring.
Visitors can pay online before arrival or at the airport. International airlines and eight major booking platforms, including Airbnb, Agoda and Booking.com, now help inform travellers.
Link to accommodation licensing
Koster also said about 5,000 businesses applied for permits during 2025 and 2026. Officials tie the levy's growth to a wider clean-up of the rental market.
In August, ANTARA reported Rp235 billion collected from January to August and 7.05 million foreign air arrivals to Bali in 2025.
Why it matters for the rental market
Officials are pushing the levy and accommodation licensing together. Booking platforms help inform guests about the levy, and the province also uses them to demand removal of illegal listings.
According to the governor, licensed four-star hotels are running at 80 to 90% daily occupancy, and hotel and restaurant revenue rose by more than Rp300 billion year on year. That is his estimate, with no regency breakdown.
For tourists the levy amount has not changed since 2024. What is changing is coverage, as officials want every arriving foreigner to pay.