In Reply to: Melasti beach resort prices up! posted by Lilone on Saturday, 10. October 2015 at 15:52 Bali Time:
Many things have gone up over here -
"All" hotels now need to have "Terrorism and Sabotage" insurance.
This can add US$10,000 to running costs for a large hotel.
This HAS to be implemented by ALL hotels (gov mandate).
Increases in Expenses between 2014-2015
Inflation Rate = 6.4%
Inflation rate published by Indonesian government
LPG up 29.5%
Petrol up 13.8%
Payrolls up 10.2%
Insurance up 62% (as noted above)
... and -
Electrical Power Costs increased three times in the second half of 2104.
Most hotels in Bali saw their power bills go up on July 1, 2014
by 5 to 11% ... and power bills are scheduled to increase
every two months thereafter !
So when you see your usual hotel prices go up a bit, now you can see why.