There is a proposal to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway to Banyuwangi in East Java. Could this form part of a Java-Bali high-speed railway? Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has proposed extending the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway to Banyuwangi in East Java. There are already plans to extend the line to Surabaya, though the Banyuwangi extension is […]
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Batam, not Bali, should be the financial hub of Indonesia
Indonesia has proposed to turn Bali into a financial hub, but Batam would be a more suitable location. Indonesia has over 900 permanently inhabited islands among its 17,000+ islands, but Bali gets the overwhelming majority of international visitors to the country. The last thing that Bali needs is to be turned into a financial hub like the […]
North Bali International Airport: the proposed second airport of Bali
North Bali International Airport (Bandara International Bali Baru) is a proposed second airport in the north of Bali, Indonesia. A new airport for Bali is being considered as the current airport (Ngurah Rai International Airport) is in a built-up urban area, making it difficult for further expansion. There is only one runway at DPS Airport, […]
How not to build a new city – Marina Bay City Lombok
Marina Bay City is a new coastal development on the southwest coast of Lombok. It’s billed as the Miami of Asia, but it looks more like a gated community in Anywhereville Florida. I was recently wondering why there are no great coastal cities in Indonesia, so I was curious to see a new coastal city being […]
What Yogyakarta can learn from Siem Reap (and vice versa)
Yogyakarta Trip Report: Yogyakarta should look to Siem Reap’s street reconstruction project, and Siem Reap should have an airport rail link like Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Central Java. The city is 20 km away from the Borobudur temple complex, which is the largest Buddhist temple in the […]
Makassar should be more like Singapore before being like Dubai
Makassar Trip Report: Makassar is the largest city in Eastern Indonesia. It’s building a Dubai-inspired new urban area on artificial islands, but it should look to Singapore’s example for fixing the city sidewalks first. Makassar is the largest city in the Eastern Region of Indonesia. It has a population of about 1.5 million people, and […]
Why are there no great coastal cities in Indonesia?
Indonesia comprises over 17,000 islands and has a population of over 280 million people. With so many islands and so many people, why are there no great coastal cities that are famous destinations? Indonesia comprises over 17,000 islands and has a population of over 280 million people. With so many islands and so many people, […]
RI pursues target of having 10,000 km of railway tracks by 2030, only this much remaining
[Photo: A new series of Commuter Line Indonesia (CLI)-125 electric rail trains enter the platform at Manggarai Station, Jakarta, Tuesday (3/6/2025). (CNBC Indonesia/Faisal Rahman)] Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The government is preparing a major step in developing rail-based transportation. The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) is also targeting the development of a railway network of up […]
Trans-Borneo Railway: High-speed railway connecting Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia
Trans-Borneo Railway is a proposed railway that would traverse the island of Borneo through Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, and there have been announcements for a proposed railway that would link the major cities. A more realistic scenario is that railways are built over time that connect nearby […]
Airports in Indonesia: Map of every commercial airport
Southeast Asia Airports > Indonesia Airports This guide is a list and map of current and future airports in Indonesia. Indonesia airports map [View Google Map of airports in Indonesia.] Red=International Blue=Domestic Yellow=Under construction The base for this list is the Wikipedia list of airports in Indonesia. The airports are grouped into geographical regions. This […]
