balipropertyguidePerda Bali 5/2020 in English: the province's tourism standards
On top of the national villa license, Bali adds its own standards and its own portal. What the by-law requires of a villa operator.
Perda Bali 5/2020, the articles a villa operator meets
The national license for a villa business is an NIB and a standard certificate. Bali adds a provincial layer: a by-law on Balinese cultural tourism that sets service standards, requires registration with the province’s own tourism portal, and attaches sanctions to both.
| Article | What it decides | Used on |
|---|---|---|
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(1) | Tourism businesses include attractions, tourism areas, transport, travel, food and drink, accommodation, entertainment, MICE, information, consultancy, guiding, water tourism, spa and health tourism. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(5) | Each must hold a tourism business registration (TDUP) and meet the tourism business standard. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(3) | And meet security, safety and health standards. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 13(6) | Service must be professional, understanding local culture, friendly, polite, neat, prompt, communicative, in Balinese traditional dress, and greeting according to local custom. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(1) | Every tourism service business must register with the Bali One-Door Tourism Portal. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(4) | The portal itself may not sell directly to tourists. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 35(2) | Administrative sanctions: written warning, temporary or permanent stop of the business, temporary or permanent revocation of the license, and/or an administrative fine. | — |
| Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 39 | Replaced: Bali Perda 2/2012 on Balinese cultural tourism, and the provincial by-laws on water tourism, travel agencies and guides. | — |
What counts as a tourism business
The by-law lists attractions, tourism areas, transport, travel, food and drink, accommodation, entertainment, MICE, information, consultancy, guiding, water tourism, spa and health tourism (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(1)). Each must hold a tourism business registration (TDUP) and meet the tourism business standard (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(5)), and meet security, safety and health standards (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 11(3)). The TDUP was the tourism registration of the pre-2021 system; under risk-based licensing the national document is the NIB with its standard certificate (PP 28/2025 art. 131(1)-(2)). How the by-law’s TDUP duty reads now is our open question, not one the by-law answers. The national villa standard.
The standards the province adds
| Area | Standard | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Business credibility | apply business standardization and certification using local resources, keep electronic transactions secure, and support business guarantees | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 12(5) |
| Environment and culture | care for the environment and culture, and comply with corporate social responsibility duties | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 12(6) |
| Service | professional, understanding local culture, friendly, polite, neat, prompt, communicative, in Balinese traditional dress, and greeting according to local custom | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 13(6) |
| Marketed products | hold a tourism business license or be designated by the regent or mayor, and hold a business certificate | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 15(1) |
| Principles | Tri Hita Karana and Sad Kerthi local wisdom, protection of nature and culture, community economic empowerment, safety standards, and sustainability | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 24 |
Marketing staff are held to a standard of their own: integrity and ethics, understanding of Balinese cultural tourism products, and communication suited to the market (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 15(2)). And commercial photo or video documentation of Balinese cultural tourism needs the consent of the custodian, oral or written (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 29) — relevant to any villa marketing shot at a temple or ceremony.
Sources in the table's last column. The service standard applies from the moment a tourist enters Bali to the moment they leave (art. 13(7)).
The Bali One-Door Tourism Portal
Every tourism service business in Bali that sells to others online and offline must register with the Bali One-Door Tourism Portal (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(1)); business-to-business sales and information exchange must go through the portal (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(2)); and the portal may not sell directly to tourists (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(4)). The details are left to a governor's regulation (Bali Perda 5/2020 arts. 26(3), 27(6)), which we have not read.
Put together with the national rules, a villa let to tourists in Bali answers to this list:
| Document or duty | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Zoning, environment, building | the spatial-use conformity (KKPR), environmental approval, and the building approval (PBG) with its certificate of function (SLF) | Permenpar 6/2025 art. 10(6) |
| License | the NIB, the standard certificate and/or the permit | Permenpar 6/2025 art. 10(7) |
| Villa standard | a self-assessment document covering facilities, staff, production and management, and a health-worthiness certificate (SLS) | Permenpar 6/2025 Lampiran I, KBLI 55193, item 6(a)-(b) |
| Regional hotel tax | A villa is a hotel-services provider (vila) | Law 1/2022 (HKPD) art. 53(1)(c) |
| Provincial portal | Register with the Bali One-Door Tourism Portal | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 27(1) |
| Provincial service standard | Including Balinese traditional dress | Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 13(6) |
For a buyer of a villa sold as an operating rental, this is one more document to ask for: the portal registration, alongside the NIB, the standard certificate and the regional tax registration. National supervision and sanctions. The villa rental tax.
Sanctions, and who can complain
Anyone may take part in enforcing the by-law, in writing to the provincial tourism office, as suggestions, reports or complaints (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 32(4)-(5)) — in practice, a neighbor or a banjar unhappy with an unregistered rental has a written channel. Administrative sanctions are written warning, temporary or permanent stop of the business, temporary or permanent revocation of the license, and/or an administrative fine (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 35(2)). The criminal provision also lists breaches of arts. 11(5), 13(6) and 27(1), among others (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 37(1)); we do not print its penalties, which were written before the 2023 Criminal Code. The by-law was promulgated on 9 July 2020 (Bali Perda 5/2020, promulgation block) and replaced Bali Perda 2/2012 on Balinese cultural tourism, and the provincial by-laws on water tourism, travel agencies and guides (Bali Perda 5/2020 art. 39).
This is commentary on the official text, not legal advice. The governor's regulations under this by-law are not on this page.
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What is Perda Bali 5/2020?
Bali Province Regional Regulation 5/2020 on standards for organizing Balinese cultural tourism, promulgated 9 July 2020. It sets standards for destinations, the tourism industry, marketing and institutions, creates the Bali One-Door Tourism Portal, and replaced the 2012 Balinese cultural tourism by-law (art. 39).
Does a villa rental in Bali have to register with the Bali tourism portal?
The by-law requires every tourism service business in Bali that sells its products or services to others online and offline to register with the Bali One-Door Tourism Portal (art. 27(1)), and business-to-business sales to go through it (art. 27(2)). The procedure is left to a governor's regulation (art. 27(6)), which we have not read.
Do villa staff in Bali have to wear traditional dress?
The service standard in art. 13(6) includes using Balinese traditional dress, alongside professionalism, understanding local culture and greeting according to local custom.
What sanctions does the Bali tourism by-law carry?
Written warning, temporary or permanent stop of the business, temporary or permanent revocation of the license, and/or an administrative fine (art. 35(2)). Breaches of arts. 11(5), 13(6) and 27(1), among others, are also listed in the criminal provision (art. 37(1)).
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Every rule above was read in the Indonesian original on 20 September 2026, not from an English summary. How we check this.