Bali (/ˈbɑːli/) (Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia

and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

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.

The provincial capital, Denpasar,

is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands

and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia.

Bali is Indonesia’s main tourist destination,

with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s.^[7]

Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy.^[8]

Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia,

with 82.5% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism.^[3]

It is also renowned for its highly developed arts,

including traditional and modern dance,

sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music.

The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bali.

Other international events held in Bali

include the Miss World 2013 and

2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund

and the World Bank Group.

In March 2017, TripAdvisor named Bali as the world’s top destination

in its Traveller’s Choice award.^[9]

Bali is part of the Coral Triangle,

the area with the highest biodiversity

of marine species especially fish and turtles.^[10]

In this area alone, over 500 reef-building coral species can be found.

For comparison, this is about seven times

as many as in the entire Caribbean.^[11]

Bali is the home of the Subak irrigation system,

a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[12]

It is also home to a unified confederation of kingdoms

composed of 10 traditional royal Balinese houses,

each house ruling a specific geographic area.

The confederation is the successor of the Bali Kingdom.

The royal houses are not recognised by the government of Indonesia;

however, they originated before Dutch colonisation.^[13]