DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster asked local governments to hotels and restaurants to prioritize the use of local products from the Island of the Gods to stimulate the economy while reducing the potential for regional inflation.
"We must continue to encourage hotels and all of us to be more militant in using local Bali products," said Koster on the sidelines of leading a coordination meeting for the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) and the Bali Regional Acceleration and Digitalization Expansion Team (TP2DD) in Denpasar, Tuesday, February 10, reported by ANTARA.
Koster explained that 60 percent of Bali's economic activity was boosted by the tourism sector, so that the use of local products in that sector has an important meaning.
According to him, the implementation of the use of local products is currently starting to move from upstream to downstream after he issued Bali Governor Regulation Number 99 of 2018 concerning the marketing and utilization of Bali's local agricultural, fishery and industrial products.
Koster continues to remind agencies, including business actors, to consume products that are born on the Island of the Gods, ranging from fruits, food, beverages to fashion.
Especially for fashion, he has also issued Circular No. 4 of 2021 regarding the use of woven fabric every Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the drink, namely Bali liquor, is also protected through Bali Governor Regulation Number 1 of 2020 and has obtained production permits from the Ministry of Industry in September 2025.
"Why do we use local Bali products? So that the economy moves and increases Bali's economic capacity, which has an impact on income and welfare in Bali," he said.
He also highlighted that there are still many business actors who consume imported products, especially food commodities such as fruits.
This way, he added, it actually has a negative impact on farmers and affects prices in the market.
"If hotels use imported products, we lose money by giving permission. In practice, using imported products does not benefit the local people of Bali. It's useless, it can't be allowed," he said.
Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Province, the realization of inflation during 2025 reached 2.91 percent, with Bali's economic growth of 5.82 percent, the highest in the last seven years, namely before the COVID-19 pandemic reached 5.60 percent.
This achievement places Bali in fifth place nationally whose economy is sourced from tourism and the four provinces above Bali are mine-producing areas.
The TPID and TP2DD Bali meeting was held by the Bank Indonesia Bali Province and was attended by officials from the National Food Agency (Bapanas), heads of districts/cities in Bali, food SOEs, and other regional organizations in Bali.
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