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. The upland town of Ubud is considered
Bali's cultural centre. The province 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 Muslim-majority Indonesia, with 86.9% of the
population adhering to Balinese Hinduism.[3] It is 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, which it also earned in January 2021.[9][10]
Bali is part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species
especially fish and turtles.[11] 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.[12] Bali is the home
of the Subak irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[13] 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.[14]